transmutation

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable obsolete uncountable

(obsolete) Change, alteration. / The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

Japanese Meaning

変化・変更 / あるものが別のものに転換・変容すること

The manuscript described a sudden transmutation in the laws of the kingdom, puzzling scholars.

その写本は王国の法律に起きた突然の変化を記しており、学者たちを困惑させた。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) Change, alteration.

Sense（2）

The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

Sense（3）

(alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.

Sense（4）

(physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

transmutations

（ plural ）