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transmutation

英 [trænzmjuː'teɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːnz-; -ns-] 美[,trænsmjʊ'teʃən]
  • n. 变形;变化;演变

英英释意


1. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
2. a qualitative change
3. (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"