transmutation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)
- (obsolete) Change, alteration.
- The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
- (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.
- (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
Translations[edit]
change — see alteration
transformation — see transformation
the transformation of one element into another
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the actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin trānsmūtātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
transmutation f (plural transmutations)
- transmutation (all senses)
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Further reading[edit]
- “transmutation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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