transmutation

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. an act that changes the form or character or substance of something (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
transubstantiation
• Derivationally related forms:
transubstantiate (for: transubstantiation), transmute
• Hypernyms:
conversion
2. a qualitative change (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
transformation, shift
• Derivationally related forms:
shift (for: shift)
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification
• Hyponyms:
improvement, betterment, advance, population shift, pyrolysis,
sea change, sublimation, tin pest, tin disease, tin plague, conversion,
transition, changeover, degeneration, retrogression, strengthening, weakening
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
• Derivationally related forms:
transmute
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  transformation, shift, transubstantiation