TRANSMUTATION


Meaning of TRANSMUTATION in English

n.1 the act or an instance of transmuting or changing into another form etc.

2 Alchemy hist. the supposed process of changing base metals into gold.

3 Physics the changing of one element into another by nuclear bombardment etc.

4 Geom. the changing of a figure or body into another of the same area or volume.

5 Biol. Lamarck's theory of the change of one species into another.

Derivatives:

transmutational adj. transmutationist n.

Etymology: ME f. OF transmutation or LL transmutatio (as TRANSMUTE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.