| transmutation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. transmutation, transubstantiation | an act that changes the form or character or substance of something. |
| ~ conversion | the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another. |
| n. (event) | 2. shift, transformation, transmutation | a qualitative change. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| ~ population shift | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population. |
| ~ pyrolysis | transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat. |
| ~ sea change | a profound transformation. |
| ~ sublimation | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid. |
| ~ tin disease, tin pest, tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures. |
| ~ changeover, conversion, transition | an event that results in a transformation. |
| ~ retrogression, degeneration | passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. |
| ~ strengthening | becoming stronger. |
| ~ weakening | becoming weaker. |
| n. (event) | 3. transmutation | (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" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
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