Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - transmutation
Transmutation
transmutation
n. 1 the act or an instance of transmuting or changing into another form etc. 2 Alchemy hist. the supposed process of changing base metals into gold. 3 Physics the changing of one element into another by nuclear bombardment etc. 4 Geom. the changing of a figure or body into another of the same area or volume. 5 Biol. Lamarck's theory of the change of one species into another. Derivatives transmutational adj. transmutationist n. Etymology: ME f. OF transmutation or LL transmutatio (as TRANSMUTE)
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noun Etymology: Middle English transmutacioun, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French transmutacion, from Latin ~-, transmutatio, from transmutare Date: 14th century an act or instance of transmuting or being transmuted: as, the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, the conversion of one element or nuclide into another either naturally or artificially, transmutative adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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