TRANSMUTATION
\tɹansmjuːtˈe͡ɪʃən], \tɹansmjuːtˈeɪʃən], \t_ɹ_a_n_s_m_j_uː_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of TRANSMUTATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(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"
By Princeton University
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(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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
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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.
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The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.
By Oddity Software
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The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
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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.
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The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of transmating, or the state of being transmuted, as the baser metals into gold, according to the alchemists; the change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The change of anything into another substance; in geol., a change from one place to another, or from one thing into another.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Alteration; change of anything into a different substance or into a different form;-in alchemy, the process to which baser metals were subjected to convert them into gold or silver;-in geometry, the reduction of a figure or area to an other figure or area having the same superficial extent or solidity but a different outline or form; -in physiology, the supposed change of one species into another.
