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• Transmutation — may refer to:In pre scientific experimentation: *Alchemy, the quest to discover a way to turn inexpensive metals such as lead into gold.In physics: *Nuclear transmutation, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through… …   Wikipedia

• transmutation — transmutational, transmutative /trans myooh teuh tiv, tranz /, adj. transmutationist, n. /trans myooh tay sheuhn, tranz /, n. 1. the act or process of transmuting. 2. the fact or state of being transmuted. 3. change into another nature, substance …   Universalium

• Chemical element — The periodic table of the chemical elements A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus.[1] Familiar examples of …   Wikipedia

• chemical element — Introduction also called  element,         any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed.       This article considers the… …   Universalium

• transmutation — transmute ► VERB 1) change in form, nature, or substance. 2) change (a chemical element) into another, either by a nuclear process or as a supposed operation in alchemy. DERIVATIVES transmutation noun. ORIGIN Latin transmutare, from mutare to… …   English terms dictionary

• transmutation — A change; transformation. SYN: conversion (1). [L. transmuto, pp. atus, to change, transmute] * * * trans·mu·ta·tion .tran(t)s myu̇ tā shən, .tranz n an act or instance of changing: as a) the evolutionary change of one species into another b) the …   Medical dictionary

• transmutation — [tranzmju: teɪʃ(ə)n, trα:nz , ns ] noun the action of transmuting or the state of being transmuted. ↘the changing of one chemical element into another, either by a nuclear process or as a supposed operation in alchemy. Derivatives transmutational …   English new terms dictionary

• Nuclear transmutation — is the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another. In other words, atoms of one element can be changed into atoms of other element by transmutation . This occurs either through nuclear reactions (in which an outside particle… …   Wikipedia

• Biological transmutation — A biological transmutation is defined as a nuclear transmutation occurring in living organisms.ObservationBy definition, chemical reactions rearrange the bindings of atoms, but do not change the number of protons or neutrons in the nucleus of… …   Wikipedia

• Alchemy — Alchemist redirects here. For other uses, see Alchemist (disambiguation). For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). Page from alchemic treatise of Ramon Llull, 16th century Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early… …   Wikipedia

• Alchemy in history — Alchemy encompasses several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and three continents. These traditions general penchant for cryptic and symbolic language makes it hard to trace their mutual influences and genetic… …   Wikipedia