Transmutation

[trænzmjuː'teɪʃ(ə)n;trɑːnz-;-ns-] or [,trænsmjʊ'teʃ

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something.

(noun.) (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'.

艾德丽安錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

(n.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square.

(n.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.

錄入:萨姆纳

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Transformation, metamorphosis, transfiguration.

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