transmutable

trans·mute

T0322400 (trăns-myo͞ot′, trănz-)v. trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing, trans·mutes v.tr. To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold. See Synonyms at convert.v.intr. To undergo transmutation.

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[Middle English transmuten, from Latin trānsmūtāre : trāns-, trans- + mūtāre, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·mut′a·bil′i·ty n.trans·mut′a·ble adj.trans·mut′a·bly adv.trans·mut′er n.

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transmutable - capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality"transformable, translatable, convertiblecommutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"

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