Transmutation

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Transmutation may refer to:

In pre-scientific experimentation:

• Alchemy; some alchemists sought a way to turn inexpensive metals such as lead into gold.

In radiochemistry and nuclear physics:

• Nuclear transmutation, the conversion of one chemical element or isotope into another through nuclear reaction.

In physics:

• Dimensional transmutation, a physical mechanism that transforms a pure number into a parameter with a dimension.

In biology:

• Transmutation of species, the alteration of one species into another.
• Biological transmutation, a form of nuclear transmutation said by some scientists to occur within living organisms

In religion

• Transmutation is sometimes used as a synonym for transubstantiation of the Eucharist

In film and television:

• Transmutate, a character from the Transformers series Beast Wars.
• "Human Transmutation", the 46th episode of the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist.
  • Transmutation circle, a circle used to perform alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist.

In music:

• Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), an album by the supergroup Praxis.
• Transmutation, an album by the Brazilian death metal band Ophiolatry.

In law:

• Transmutation is a theory that holds a person can modify the status or ownership of assets they own from separate property to marital property. Fehring v. Fehring, 58 A.D.3d 1061 (3rd Dept. 2009)

Other:

• Sexual transmutation, an attempt to transform sexual energy into creativity and thereby facilitate spiritual awakening

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