Noun
The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square.
The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLabor is the true alchemist that beats out in patient transmutation the baser metals into gold. William Morley Punshon
In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation. Edwin Way Teale
No one can believe in transmutation who is not profoundly convinced that all we know in paleontology is as nothing compared to what we have yet to learn. Charles Lyell
It may be thought almost paradoxical that writers who are most in favour of transmutation. Charles Lyell
Napoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an equal (usually greater) positive benefit. Napoleon Hill
After a cooling-off period that may last decades, reactor core materials are dismantled and cut into small pieces to be packed in containers for interim storage or transmutation experiments. Source: Internet