transmutation Definition
trans·mu·ta·tion (trans′myo̵̅o̅ tā′s̸hən, tranz′-)
noun
- a transmuting or being transmuted; change of one thing into another
- Rare a fluctuation
- in the Middle Ages, the supposedly possible conversion of base metals into gold and silver by alchemy
- Chem. the conversion of atoms of a given element into atoms of a different isotope or of a different element, as in radioactive disintegration or by nuclear bombardment
Etymology: ME transmutacioun < LL transmutatio < pp. of L transmutare
transmutation Related Forms
trans′·mu·ta′·tional adjective
trans·mut′a·tive (--myo̵̅o̅t′ə tiv) adjective
transmutation Synonyms
transmutation
n.
transmutation Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- metal: A longtime goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metals into precious metals.
- specie: In the early nineteenth century, the transmutation of species was still a controversial, and indeed dangerous, topic for naturalists.
- element: Copper is after all an element, and the transmutation of elements is more difficult than the phrase " infinite substitutability " implies!
- species: Indeed, ' transmutation of species ' was virtually a blasphemy.
- color: Yet seeming transmutations of Colors may be made, where there is any mixture of divers sorts of Rays.
- matter: Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Rutherford carried out his research into the transmutation of matter at The University of Manchester.
Adjective modifier
- alchemical: On the ' grand mercury of Philosophers ' and analogies between alchemical transmutations and the original Creation.
- seeming: Yet seeming transmutations of Colors may be made, where there is any mixture of divers sorts of Rays.
- human: Along with other publications in the 1860s, Wallace's 1864 paper stimulated Darwin's thinking on human transmutation.
- possible: Remember that Wallace had had ideas on the possible transmutation of species as far back as the mid-1840s.
Modifies a noun
- theory: Darwin discussed the details of transmutation theory during the year with Alfred Russel Wallace.
- technology: It could equally well employ people for the next century with a changed direction i.e. into transmutation technologies.
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- device: To give her credit, she had figured out how to use the matter transmutation device.
- process: What is this new transmutation process and why are we not using it?
Noun used with modifier
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