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transmutational

Variant of transmutation

noun

  1. a transmuting or being transmuted; change of one thing into another
  2. Rare a fluctuation
  3. in the Middle Ages, the supposedly possible conversion of base metals into gold and silver by alchemy
  4. 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

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