transmutation
英 [trænzmjuː'teɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːnz-; -ns-]
美[,trænsmjʊ'teʃən]
- n. 变形；变化；演变
英英释意
- 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"