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transmutation
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
Related Forms:
- transmutational adjective
- transmutative adjective
See transmutation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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