"transmutations" in the noun sense
1. transmutation, transubstantiation
an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
2. transformation, transmutation, shift
a qualitative change
3. transmutation
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"
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