transmutation
英 [tr?nzmju?'te??(?)n; trɑ?nz-; -ns-]
美[,tr?nsmj?'te??n]
- n. 變形；變化；演變
英英釋意
- 1. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
- 2. a qualitative change
- 3. (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"