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Meaning
Noun
●
In Alchemy:
The
premodern
and
early modern
study of
physical changes
,
particularly
in Europe, Arabia, and China and
chiefly
in pursuit
of an
elixir
of
immortality
, a
universal
panacea
,
and/or
a
philosopher's stone
able to
transmute
base metals
into
gold
,
eventually
developing
into chemistry.
●
In Alchemy:
The
causing
of any
sort of
mysterious
sudden
transmutation.
●
In Computing & Alchemy:
Any
elaborate
transformation
process or algorithm.
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Origin
alchemy
English
alkemie
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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