Transmutation Definition & Meaning

transmutation
noun
  1. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
  2. a qualitative change
  3. (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"

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