TRANSMUTATION

transmutation, transubstantiation

(noun) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

transformation, transmutation, shift

(noun) a qualitative change

transmutation

(noun) (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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)

(obsolete) Change, alteration.

The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

(alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.

(physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

Source: Wiktionary

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Trans`mu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See Transmute.]

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

2. (Geom.)

Definition: 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. [R.]

3. (Biol.)

Definition: The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. Bacon. Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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