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alchemy meaning in Kannada

ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ rasavidye

/ˈælkəmi/

alchemy in Kannada: ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ (rasavidye). In English, alchemy means 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.

Kannada words for alchemy

ancient chemistry
ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ rasavidye

English meaning of alchemy

  1. noun 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. noun The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
  3. noun Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

Full definition of alchemy

alchemy in a sentence

  • The purpose of physical alchemy—as opposed to its various spiritual pursuits—was to treat the supposed leprosity of base metals such as lead, refining and purifying them into gold.

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Questions about alchemy in Kannada

What is the meaning of alchemy in Kannada?
Alchemy in Kannada is ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ (rasavidye).
alchemy ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Alchemy: ರಸವಿದ್ಯೆ (rasavidye).
What does alchemy mean in English?
Alchemy means 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.

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