transmutation
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"We are confident that our measurements accurately reflect the real rate of transmutation of unstable selenium into a more stable form," said Imai.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024
Some even predicted that controlled transmutation might produce gold as an accidental by-product, which could make people rich while solving all our energy woes.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
To him the sun was less a stable object than a river, in its perpetual transmutation, and he said he never saw the same eclipse twice.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
It’s when those words are set to music and dramatized by a singer of skill and sympathy that the magical transmutation occurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
He knew that these doubts and his revolutionary thoughts about transmutation and the creation of species would stand in his way of finding a wife.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing transmutation
Nuclear Processes
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Physics - High School
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"Hamlet's Dull Revenge," Vocabulary from the literary criticism
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