alkimia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alchemical adj Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
- alchemy noun The early, part-mystical, part-scientific study that aimed to transform base metals into gold and find an elixir of eternal life, and which later grew into modern chemistry.
Senses
alkimia is used for these senses in English:
- alchemical (alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
- alchemy (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.
alchemical — full definition
- adj Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
- adj Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
- adj Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
alchemy — full definition
- noun The early, part-mystical, part-scientific study that aimed to transform base metals into gold and find an elixir of eternal life, and which later grew into modern chemistry.
- noun Any mysterious or seemingly magical process of transformation.