transmutative
/trans-myoo-tey-shuhn, tranz-/US // ˌtræns myuˈteɪ ʃən, ˌtrænz- //UK // (ˌtrænzmjuːˈteɪʃən) //
转化性,转化性的,转化作用,转变性的
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act or process of transmuting.
- : the fact or state of being transmuted.
- : change into another nature, substance, form, or condition.
- : Biology. the transformation of one species into another.Compare transformism.
- : Physics. any process in which a nuclide is transformed into a different nuclide, usually one of a different element.
- : Alchemy. the supposed conversion of base metals into metals of greater value, especially into gold or silver.
Examples
The ship set sail in 1831, but it wasn’t until 1835, on a visit to the Galapagos Islands toward the end of the voyage, that Darwin began to formulate his theory of natural selection, which at the time was referred to as “transmutation of species.”
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