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alchemy

/ˈælkəmi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry.
  2. The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
  3. Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

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