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transmutation

[trans-myoo-tey-shuhn, tranz-] / ˌtræns myuˈteɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- /


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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

Indeed, when Soddy realized what was going on, he shouted to his colleague: "Rutherford, this is transmutation!"

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

In 1919, Rutherford had become the first scientist to achieve the medieval fantasy of chemical transmutation: by bombarding nitrogen with radioactivity, he had converted it into oxygen.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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