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alchemy nghĩa là gì?

thuật giả kim

/ˈælkəmi/

alchemy in Vietnamese: thuật giả kim. 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.

Vietnamese words for alchemy

ancient chemistry
thuật giả kim

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 Vietnamese

What is the meaning of alchemy in Vietnamese?
Alchemy in Vietnamese is thuật giả kim.
alchemy nghĩa là gì?
Alchemy: thuật giả kim.
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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