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Definition of Transmutation

1. Noun. An act that changes the form or character or substance of something.

2. Noun. A qualitative change.

3. 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"

Definition of Transmutation

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

Definition of Transmutation

1. Noun. the act of transmuting or the state of being transmuted ¹

2. Noun. the supposed transformation of base metals into gold by the alchemists ¹

3. Noun. (physics) the transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transmutation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transmutation

1. Transformation of atoms of one element into atoms of another element via nuclear reactions. (for example, the transmutation of uranium-238 into plutonium-239 via the absorption of a neutron and subsequent beta emission.) (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transmutation

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transmural myocardial infarction transmural pressure transmutability transmutable transmutant transmutation (current term) transmutationist transmutationists transmutations transmutative

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Literary usage of Transmutation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Digest of the Law of Property in Land by Stephen Martin Leake (1874)
"Creation of uses within the statute—with transmutation of ... Creation of uses without transmutation of possession—bargain and sale—covenant to stand seised ..."

2. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbecher (1918)
"present time, been mainly concerned with the methods of transmutation of the units of natural species. The principal problem of the student of evolution has ..."

3. Estates, Future Interests, and Illegal Conditions and Restraints in Illinois by Albert Martin Kales (1920)
"USES RAISED ON transmutation OK POSSESSION. § 54. Denned: This rather formidable phraseology contains a simple idea. Uses are raised upon transmutation of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pyrochemical Separations: Avignon, France, 14 by European Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"Moreover, the range of potential options regarding transmutation (and the fuels and targets associated with the scenarios under consideration) provides ..."

5. Elements of Geology by Alonzo Gray, Charles Baker Adams (1863)
"It was never supposed that the process of transmutation was so rapid that any perceptible ... But gradation is not progress, and transmutation, therefore, ..."

6. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise, Henry Hopley White (1835)
"Where created without transmutation of possession. the descent; for in all such cases the particular estate is created; and takes effect with a capacity of ..."

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