alchemy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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.
2. The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
3. (slang) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

Concepten

alchemie

alchimie

scheikunde

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈælkəmi/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Zinnen

Having heard that , the boy became even more interested in alchemy .

Na dat te hebben gehoord, raakte de jongen nog meer geïnteresseerd in alchemie.