Transmutation may refer to:

Pseudoscience and science

Alchemy

Chrysopoeia In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia () refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged transmutation of base metals such as lead. A related term is argyropoeia (), referring to the artificial production of silver, often ...

and argyropoeia, the turning of base metals, such as lead or copper, into gold and silver *

Magnum opus (alchemy) In alchemy, the Magnum Opus or Great Work is a term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal and spiritual chrysopoeia, transmutation in the Hermeticism, Hermeti ...

, the creation of the philosopher's stone *

Mental transmutation Mental may refer to: * of or relating to the mind Films * ''Mental'' (2012 film), an Australian comedy-drama film starring Toni Collette * ''Mental'' (2016 film), a Bangladeshi romantic-action film starring Shakib Khan * ''Mental'', a 2008 docu ...

, the transformation of a mental state

Biology

Biological transmutation Corentin Louis Kervran (3 March 1901 – 2 February 1983) was a French scientist. Kervran was born in Quimper, Finistère (Brittany), and received a degree as an engineer in 1925. In World War II he was part of the French Resistance. Kervran pro ...

, the claim that nuclear transmutation occurs in living organisms *

Transmutation of species The Transmutation of species and transformism are 18th and early 19th-century ideas about the change of one species into another that preceded Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection. The French ''Transformisme'' was a ter ...

, the change of one species into another

Physics

Dimensional transmutation In particle physics, dimensional transmutation is a physical mechanism providing a linkage between a dimensionless parameter and a dimensionful parameter.Cao, Tian Yu. From Current Algebra to Quantum Chromodynamics: A Case for Structural Realism' ...

, a physical mechanism providing a linkage between a dimensionless parameter and a dimensionful parameter *

Nuclear transmutation Nuclear transmutation is the conversion of one chemical element or an isotope into another chemical element. Nuclear transmutation occurs in any process where the number of protons or neutrons in the nucleus of an atom is changed. A transmutat ...

, the conversion of a chemical element or isotope into another chemical element or isotope

Other uses in pseudoscience and science

Sexual transmutation In psychology, sublimation is a mature type of defense mechanism, in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial ...

, a deflection of sexual instincts into non-sexual activity

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Transmutations'' (film), a 1985 British horror film *Transmutate, a fictional character in the ''Beast Wars'' franchise

Music

* ''Transmutation'' (album), a 2008 album by Ophiolatry *''

Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) ''Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)'' is the first album by Bill Laswell's ever-changing "supergroup" Praxis. The album was released in 1992 and features Buckethead on guitar, Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals, Brain on drums, Bernie Worrell on k ...

'', a 1992 album by Praxis