transmutation
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8.6
- noun
- /ˌtrænzmjuˈteɪʃən/
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transmutación
- In chemistry class, we learned about transmutation and how elements can transform under certain conditions.
- transmutation process
So This is why I teach a lot at my retreats on energy transmutation.
- So This is why I teach a lot at my retreats on energy transmutation.
- The great leaders, artists, orators, industrialists and professional people have learned the art of sex transmutation through the proper system of self-discipline.
- But what I think is that there's no dimensional transmutation or anything like that.
- We're part of the performance of transformation and transmutation, the cannibalism of capitalism that unites us.
Examples
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The cyclic births and deaths of Burnet's first and second Earth are virtually identical with the transmutation process, and the Earth itself makes an ideal crucible.
Academic text (1997) -
The transmutation process seems to have wiped their memories clean.
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Transmutation is not yet possible, so no making lead from gold or any such foolishness.
Blog text (4) -
Myrmeen thought of the creature with the power of transmutation.
Fiction book (1992) -
This would have allowed the alchemist to start one step ahead in the transmutation process—an experiment.
Academic text (2004) -
Nevertheless, this occurs, and upon great similarities of hermetic art, we anticipate a transmutation of dross, which implies universal regeneration.
Fiction book (1991) -
The process of transmutation allows substances to change from one form to another, such as turning lead into gold.
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Alchemy often focused on the transmutation of metals, seeking to change base materials into precious ones.
Synonyms
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1.1
A time when something becomes different
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3.7
A period of change from one state or stage to another
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3.7
A complete change in form or appearance, for example a caterpillar becoming a butterfly
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3.5
Changing something from one form or unit to another
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7.5
A complete sudden change that makes someone or something very different
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9.0
A big change in appearance that makes something more beautiful or special
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9.9
A change into a strange or ugly new form
A process where two or more things change into each other and back, for example energy and matter
A process when something becomes a different form or condition
Antonyms
How Changed
Surface Forms
Morphology
transmutation = mutation (transparent) = trans + mutation
The noun is directly analyzable as the productive prefix 'trans-' added to the noun 'mutation', so the meaning 'change across' is readily derivable.
Etymology
Transmutation comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and mut- 'change', so it gives the image of a 'change across' from one form to another. That's why transmutation means the act or process of turning one thing into something else, like an artist turning pain into art or old stories of changing metal into gold.