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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•mu•ta•tion (trans′myo̅o̅ tā′shən, tranz′-),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of transmuting.
- the fact or state of being transmuted.
- change into another nature, substance, form, or condition.
- [Biol.]the transformation of one species into another. Cf. transformism.
- [Physics.]any process in which a nuclide is transformed into a different nuclide, usually one of a different element.
- [Alchemy.]the supposed conversion of base metals into metals of greater value, esp. into gold or silver.
- Latin trānsmūtātiōn- (stem of trānsmūtātiō) a changing, shifting, equivalent. to trānsmūtāt(us) (past participle of trānsmūtāre to change) + -iōn- -ion. See transmute, -ation
- Old French transmutation)
- 1350–1400; Middle English transmutacio(u)n (
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transmutation /ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of transmuting
- the change of one chemical element into another by a nuclear reaction
- the attempted conversion, by alchemists, of base metals into gold or silver
ˌtransmuˈtational, transˈmutative adj trans•mute /trænsˈmyut, trænz-/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object (+ into + object)], -mut•ed, -mut•ing. - to change from one nature or condition into another; transform:trying to transmute lead into gold.
trans•mut•a•ble, adj. trans•mu•ta•tion /ˌtrænsmyuˈteɪʃən, ˌtrænz-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -mut-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•mute (trans myo̅o̅t′, tranz-),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -mut•ed, -mut•ing. - to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another;
transform.
- Latin trānsmūtāre to shift, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + mūtāre to change.
- late Middle English 1400–50
metamorphose, convert, alter. |