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noun
Change, alteration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: mutation, permutation, transfiguration, alteration, change, deviation, modification, transformation, transition, transmutation, variation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, conversion, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, conversion, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, conversion, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: transubstantiation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conversion
noun
a qualitative change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: transformation, shift
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alteration, modification
Narrower terms: improvement, betterment, advance, population shift, pyrolysis, sea change, sublimation, tin pest, tin disease, tin plague, conversion, transition, changeover, degeneration, retrogression, strengthening, weakening
noun
(physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alteration, modification
History
Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
