Significado (Inglés)
- (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.
- (countable, slang) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
Sinónimos
interpersonal chemistry
magical power
art of making elixirs
training of active substance
Traducciones
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈælkəmi/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Old French alkimie, arquemie (French alchimie), from Medieval Latin alchēmia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”). Compare Spanish alquimia and Italian alchimia.
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