Meaning of TRANSMUTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `transmyoo'teyshun
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- [n] an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- [n] a qualitative change
- [n] (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment); "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible"
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| | Synonyms: | | shift, transformation, transubstantiation |
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| | See Also: | | advance, alteration, betterment, change, changeover, conversion, conversion, degeneration, improvement, modification, population shift, pyrolysis, retrogression, sea change, strengthening, sublimation, tin disease, tin pest, tin plague, transition, weakening | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Trans`mu*ta"tion\, n. [F. transmutation, L.
transmutatio. See {Transmute}.]
1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted;
as, the transmutation of metals.
2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into
another of the same area or solidity, but of a different
form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]
3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is
assumed to take place in any development theory of life;
transformism. --Bacon.
{Transmutation of metals} (Alchem.), the conversion of base
metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by
the alchemists. See {Alchemy}, and {Philosopher's stone},
under {Philosopher}.
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