transmutation
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Transmutation is like the opposite of nuclear decay; instead of an element breaking apart and releasing radiation, a neutron can be added to an unstable element changing it into a slightly heavier version of itself.
From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024
Transmutation, or any atomic process, must involve the generation of much radioactivity that can destroy life.
From Big Pill by Gallun, Raymond Z.
"Transmutation" is a term usually employed to designate the ancient art of the transmutation of metals—particularly of the base metals into gold.
From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates
Transmutation always leads to Glory, when its agonies are over.
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
Give me but the magnitude of one grain only, or of a Coriander-seed, that thence a Specimen, or Probation, may be exhibited, either in some desperate Disease, or in a Metallick Transmutation.
From The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires by Helvetius, John Frederick
Vocabulary lists containing transmutation
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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