What is the meaning of transmutation?

noun

  • An act that changes the form or character or substance of something.
  • A qualitative change.
  • Physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment. ()
    • usage: "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible"
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