For us in the modern world, transmutation seems a little out there, but it's something that the alchemists were quite preoccupied with.

对现代社会我们来说，变似乎有点遥不可及，但金术士们非常关注事情。

The process of the nucleus changing from one element to another is known as transmutation.

原子核由个核衰变成另个过程称为核变。

Unlike alpha and beta decay, no transmutation occurs in gamma decay.

不像前面两种，gamma衰变不种核变。

Manufactured by 300 years, a Spartan warrior society to create the finest soldiers the world has ever known.

经过300年变，斯巴达勇士社会创造出了有史以来世上最好战士。

The operative side deals mostly with something called " transmutation" – where the intent is to transform base metals, like lead, into gold.

操作方面主要处理所“变”——目将贱金属，如铅，转变成黄金。

Once the neutron changes into a proton, the nucleus changes from one element to another, again an instance of transmutation.

旦中子变成质子， 原子核就会从种元素转变为另种元素，又个变例子。

Here also was evidence of the transmutation of the elements, showing how the composition of the universe changes with time.

此过程亦提供了元素变证据，揭示了宇宙构成如何随时间演变。

Both of these kinds of changes, changing one element to another, or changing one isotope to another are known as transmutation.

两种变化，无论将种元素变成另种元素，还将种同位素变成另种同位素，都被称为变。

Thus it was a symbol of immortality, and was sometimes associated with Christ." Eagle" and" dove" are also alchemical terms for proceses leading to the rise of" phoenix" , a stage in the transmutation of metals.

因此，它不朽象征，有时与基督联系在起。鹰“和”鸽子“也金术术语，指导致”凤凰“崛起过程，金属变个阶段。