alchemical
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- (alchemy ) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
- 2014 June 21, "Magician’s brain", in The Economist [1] , volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 9 January 2025:
- [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.
- Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
- Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
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[edit ]pertaining to alchemy
- Catalan: alquímic
- Czech: alchymistický (cs)
- Esperanto: alkemia , alĥemia
- French: alchimique (fr)
- Greek: αλχημικός (el) (alchimikós)
- Ancient Greek: χυμευτικός (khumeutikós)
- Hungarian: alkímiai (hu)
- Indonesian: alkimia (id)
- Polish: alchemiczny (pl)
- Portuguese: alquímico
- Romanian: alchimic (ro)
- Russian: алхими́ческий (ru) (alximíčeskij)
- Spanish: alquímico (es)
- Swedish: alkemisk (sv)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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