คำว่า ' transmutation ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
[n.] 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.
[n.] The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.