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(chemistry) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy. quotations examples
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation. examples
Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material. examples