释义 |
intransmutable, a.|ɪntrɑːnsˈmjuːtəb(ə)l, -æ-| [in-3.] Not transmutable; that cannot be transmuted into something else; unchangeable. Hence intransmutaˈbility, unchangeableness.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 89 Some of the most learn'd and experienc'd Chymists do affirm Quick-silver to be intransmutable. 1692― Dissol. World iii. v. (1732) 387 This Fixedness and Intransmutability of Principles secures the Universe from Dissolution. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 139 Were colour in the atoms themselves, says Lucretius, it would be as intransmutable as they are. |