Transmutation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transmutation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transmutation n an act that changes the form or character or substance of something Synonym(s): transmutation, transubstantiation a qualitative change Synonym(s): transformation, transmutation, shift (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment); "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transmutation \Trans`muta"tion\, n. [F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See {Transmute}.] 1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation* of metals. 2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.] 3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. --Bacon. {Transmutation of metals} (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See {Alchemy}, and {Philosopher's stone}, under {Philosopher}.