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Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (transformation, metamorphosis), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (to change).

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transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)

  1. (obsolete) Change, alteration.
  2. The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
  3. (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 261:
      The transmutation of metals was secondary to the main aim, which was the spiritual transformation of the adept.
  4. (nuclear physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

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From Latin trānsmūtātiōnem.

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transmutation f (plural transmutations)

  1. transmutation (all senses)

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