transmutation

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌtrænsmjuˈteɪʃən, ˌtrænz-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(trans′myo̅o̅ tā′shən, tranz′-)

trans•mu•ta•tion n.

the act or process of transmuting.
the fact or state of being transmuted.
change into another nature, substance, form, or condition.
[Biol.]the transformation of one species into another. Cf. transformism.
[Physics.]any process in which a nuclide is transformed into a different nuclide, usually one of a different element.
[Alchemy.]the supposed conversion of base metals into metals of greater value, esp. into gold or silver.

Latin trānsmūtātiōn- (stem of trānsmūtātiō) a changing, shifting, equivalent. to trānsmūtāt(us) (past participle of trānsmūtāre to change) + -iōn- -ion. See transmute, -ation
Old French transmutation)
1350–1400; Middle English transmutacio(u)n (

trans′mu•ta′tion•al, trans•mut•a•tive , adj. trans′mu•ta ′tion•ist, n.

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transmutation /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən/ n

ˌtransmuˈtational, transˈmutative adj

trans•mute v. [~ + object (+ into + object)], -mut•ed, -mut•ing.

to change from one nature or condition into another; transform:trying to transmute lead into gold.

trans•mut•a•ble, adj.
trans•mu•ta•tion n. [uncountable]See -mut-.

trans•mute v.t., v.i., -mut•ed, -mut•ing.

to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another;
transform.

Latin trānsmūtāre to shift, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + mūtāre to change.
late Middle English 1400–50

trans•mut ′a•ble, adj.
trans•mut′a•bil ′i•ty, trans•mut′a•ble•ness, n.
trans•mut ′a•bly, adv.
trans•mut ′er, n.

metamorphose, convert, alter.

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