transmutation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  2. noun a qualitative change
  3. noun (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

transubstantiation

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