transmutation
pronunciation
How to pronounce transmutation in British English:
UK [ˌtrænsmju:'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce transmutation in American English:
US [ˌtrænsmjuˈteʃən, ˌtrænz-]
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- Noun:
- an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- a qualitative change
- (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
Word Origin
- transmutation (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French transmutacion "transformation, change, metamorphosis" (12c.), from Late Latin transmutationem (nominative transmutatio) "a change, shift," noun of action from Latin transmutare "change from one condition to another," from trans- "thoroughly" (see trans-) + mutare "to change" (see mutable). A word from alchemy.
Example
- 1. We grow in each transmutation and strive in queries .
- 2. The transmutation of literary concept in the new stage .
- 3. True transmutation is a mental art .
- 4. This transmutation of the old into new life is seen everywhere in china .
- 5. The rock girl arrives at transmutation of gorgeous girl .