单词 | transmutation |
释义 | transmutation 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) |
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