TRANSMUTATION

• (noun) an act that changes the form or character or substance of something

  synonyms : transubstantiation

• (noun) a qualitative change

  synonyms : shift , transformation

• (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"

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