alchemy
alchemy
Definition
al·chemy (al′kə mē)
noun
- an early form of chemistry, with philosophic and magical associations, studied in the Middle Ages: its chief aims were to change base metals into gold and to discover the elixir of perpetual youth
- a power or process of changing one thing into another; esp., a seemingly miraculous power or process of changing a thing into something better
Etymology: ME alchymie < OFr alchimie < ML alchemia < Ar al-kīmiyāʾ < Gr chēmeia < ? Chēmia, old name for Egypt < Egyptian kmt, lit., black (land); infl. by folk-etym. assoc. with Gr cheein, to pour: see found
al·chem′ic (al kem′ik) adjective or al·chem′i·cal
al·chem′i·cally adverb
alchemy
Telecom Definition
An early, unscientific form of chemistry practiced in the Middle Ages with aims including turning base metals into gold and discovering the elixir of perpetual youth, a universal cure for disease, and a universal solvent. Many alchemists were intelligent, well-meaning men and even distinguished scientists. Sir Isaac Newton, for example, was an alchemist. Pair-gain technologies such as ADSL do not involve alchemy, although sometimes they are characterized as turning copper into gold. See also pair-gain.
alchemy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: A variety of topics, including alchemy, history.
- use: Use our experience to increase your profits using clever web alchemy.
- practice: Forman also practiced alchemy, for Lilly found among his papers several horaries asking whether he would ever attain the Philosopher's Stone.
- perform: The people there perform alchemy with those they meet and like, and sometimes it seems like a supernatural bonding.
- understand: I don't pretend to understand the alchemy that inspires an audience to chase after one film sight unseen, and not another.
- study: I studied alchemy and new age ideas at first, and then yoga.
Converse of subject
- transmute: These impure materials could be transmuted by alchemy into the perfection of gold.
Adjective modifier
- medieval: This was known to medieval alchemy as the sign of the cloven hoof.. .
- spiritual: Here is the possibility for transformation, for experiencing true spiritual alchemy.
- internal: A number of ideas from Neo-Confucian and Taoist philosophy also occur in the texts as well as references to internal alchemy.
- new: By winning an part history part newer alchemy ' was.
- potent: And as for the usage of " a potent alchemy " , oh please.
- true: I really got a sense of the true Alchemy of macrobiotics.
Modifies a noun
- moisturizer: Follow with your skin type specific Complete Treatment or with laboratoire remède alchemy moisturizer.
- pot: Drop all three ingredients into the alchemy pot for the rare Liquid Metal Sword.
- text: It can all pretty much be found in the ancient alchemy texts.
- capture: Alchemy captures, organizes, stores, and integrates unstructured data.
Noun used with modifier
- laboratoire: Follow with your skin type specific Complete Treatment or with laboratoire remède alchemy moisturizer.
- remede: Follow with your skin type specific Complete Treatment or with laboratoire remède alchemy moisturizer.
Preposition: of
- society: I think it is because marketing is the alchemy of the consumer society.
alchemy Quotes
She's all states, and all princes I, Nothing else is. Princes do but play us; compared to this, All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.
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