transmutation

About 0.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Change, alteration.
2. noun The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
3. noun The supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
4. noun The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

Similar words

transformation transubstantiation shift conversion alchemy immutation commutation overchanging version transexion

Often followed by

of into is and in was from to by

Word family

transmutations transmutative