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- noun Plural form of
transmutation .
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Examples
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After the discovery of the spontaneous transmutations of radio-elements, the achievement of the first artificial transmutations is due to Lord Rutherford.
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The theory of transmutation, dear to the alchemists, has been unexpectedly restored to life, this time in an exact form, deprived of any mystical element; and the philosopher's stone with the property of inducing such transmutations is no longer a mysterious, elusive elixir but is something which modern science calls energy.
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They incline us to view favorably the idea of transmutations of one form into another, rather than that of sudden creations.
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They incline us to view favorably the idea of transmutations of one form into another, rather than that of sudden creations.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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Sure, it can be sugar-coated by transmutations of "slave" into "servant," but the underlying fact remains: if you take the Bible as your literal, word-for-word guide, you condone slavery.
Clay Farris Naff: White Or Black, The Church Has Failed African Americans Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Sure, it can be sugar-coated by transmutations of "slave" into "servant," but the underlying fact remains: if you take the Bible as your literal, word-for-word guide, you condone slavery.
Clay Farris Naff: White Or Black, The Church Has Failed African Americans Clay Farris Naff 2011
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On one hand, he publishes short stories and projects in his blog Crossfader Network [es] (and its transmutations); on the other, as compulsive user @rafadro, he has taken to Twitter as a source for creation.
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Telling Secrets on Twitter 2009
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Sure, it can be sugar-coated by transmutations of "slave" into "servant," but the underlying fact remains: if you take the Bible as your literal, word-for-word guide, you condone slavery.
Clay Farris Naff: White Or Black, The Church Has Failed African Americans Clay Farris Naff 2011
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Bothe's group was also at the avant-garde of research groups creating radioactive isotopes and transmutations that resulted in minor elemental changes.
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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Sure, it can be sugar-coated by transmutations of "slave" into "servant," but the underlying fact remains: if you take the Bible as your literal, word-for-word guide, you condone slavery.
Clay Farris Naff: White Or Black, The Church Has Failed African Americans Clay Farris Naff 2011
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