transmutation

1. An act that changes the form or character or substance of something (synset 101253413)
   is a type of: conversion - the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
   same as: transubstantiation
2. A qualitative change (synset 107374199)
   is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
   subtypes:

   • advance, betterment, improvement - a change for the better; progress in development
   • population shift - a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population
   • pyrolysis - transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat
   • sea change - a profound transformation
   • sublimation - (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid
   • tin disease, tin pest, tin plague - the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures
   • changeover, conversion, transition - an event that results in a transformation
   • degeneration, retrogression - passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
   • strengthening - becoming stronger
   • weakening - becoming weaker
   same as: shift, transformation
3. (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment) (synset 107431041)
   "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible"
   referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
   is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

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