transmutation

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English

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Etymology

Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).

Pronunciation

Noun

transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)

  1. (obsolete) Change, alteration.
  2. The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
  3. (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 261:
      The transmutation of metals was secondary to the main aim, which was the spiritual transformation of the adept.
  4. (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

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French

Etymology

From Latin trānsmūtātiōnem.

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Noun

transmutation f (plural transmutations)

  1. transmutation (all senses)

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