Associations to the word «Transmutation»

Wiktionary

TRANSMUTATION, noun. (obsolete) Change, alteration.
TRANSMUTATION, noun. The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
TRANSMUTATION, noun. (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
TRANSMUTATION, noun. (physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

Dictionary definition

TRANSMUTATION, noun. An act that changes the form or character or substance of something.
TRANSMUTATION, noun. A qualitative change.
TRANSMUTATION, noun. (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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley