Definitions for transmutation
ˌtræns myuˈteɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz-trans·mu·ta·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transmutation, transubstantiationnoun

   an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

2. transformation, transmutation, shiftnoun

   a qualitative change

3. transmutationnoun

   (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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transmutationnoun

   the act of transmuting or the state of being transmuted

2. transmutationnoun

   the supposed transformation of base metals into gold by the alchemists

3. transmutationnoun

   the transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transmutationnoun

   Change into another nature or substance. The great aim of alchemy is the transmutation of base metals into gold.

   Etymology: transmutation, Fr. transmutatio, from transmuto, Latin.

   Am not I old Sly’s son, by birth a pedlar, by education a cardmaker, by transmutation a bear herd. William Shakespeare.

   The transmutation of plants one into another, is inter magnalia naturæ, for the transmutation of species is, in the vulgar philosophy, pronounced impossible; but seeing there appear some manifest instances of it, the opinion of impossibility is to be rejected, and the means thereof to be found out. Francis Bacon.

   The conversion into a body merely new, and which was not before; as silver to gold, or iron to copper, is better called, for distinction sake, transmutation. Francis Bacon.

   The same land suffereth sundry transmutations of owners within one term. Francis Bacon, Office of Alienation.

   The changing of bodies into light, and light into bodies, is very conformable to the course of nature, which seems delighted with transmutations. Water, which is a very fluid tasteless salt, she changes by heat into vapour, which is a sort of air, and by cold into ice, which is a hard, pellucid, brittle, fusible stone; and this stone returns into water by heat, and water returns into vapour by cold. Newton.

   The supposed change of worms into flies is no real transmutation; but most of those members, which at last become visible to the eye, are existent at the beginning, artificially complicated together. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

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1. transmutation

   Transmutation is the process of changing or altering the nature, form, or substance of something into a different one. It can take various forms, such as a physical change in a chemical reaction, a change in a person's character, or a metaphorical shift in a concept or idea. In nuclear physics, it specifically refers to the change of one chemical element into another through nuclear reactions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Transmutationnoun

   the act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals

2. Transmutationnoun

   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

3. Transmutationnoun

   the change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of transmutation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of transmutation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=transmutation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transmutation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=transmutation
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transmutation