alchemy
IPA: ˈæɫkʌmi
noun
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
- (computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
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Examples of "alchemy" in Sentences
- He is the patron of art and alchemy.
- Sorcery is the proprietor of alchemy.
- Thanks for the references to the alchemy section.
- The border between chemistry and alchemy is nebulous.
- In alchemy the human soul is the centre of the elements.
- Vulcan of the alchemists was the patron deity of alchemy.
- Sorcery is strong against Alchemy and weak to Necromancy.
- Magic and Alchemy is the main education in the whole place.
- Many of the panels are golden, referring to the process of alchemy.
- It gives a survey of the status of metallurgy and alchemy in the land.
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