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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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