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transmutation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transmutation /tranzmjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

▶noun the action of transmuting or the state of being transmuted.

■ the changing of one chemical element into another, either by a nuclear process or as a supposed operation in alchemy.

– derivatives
transmutational adjective,
transmutationist noun.

'transmutation' also found in these Oxford entries:

menstruum - transmute

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