different between innovation vs transmutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus.Morphologically innovate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

innovation (countable and uncountable, plural innovations)

1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs

3. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
4. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Antonyms

• exnovation

Translations

Danish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatør
• innovere

French

Etymology

From Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.va.sj??/, /in.n?.va.sj??/

Noun

innovation f (plural innovations)

1. innovation

Related terms

• innover
• innovateur

References

• “innovation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Declension

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatör
• innovera

Further reading

• innovation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”) [12th c.], from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?anzmju??te??n?/

Noun

transmutation (countable and uncountable, plural transmutations)

1. (obsolete) Change, alteration.
2. The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.
3. (alchemy) Specifically, the supposed transformation of one element into another, especially of a base metal into gold.
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 261:

     The transmutation of metals was secondary to the main aim, which was the spiritual transformation of the adept.

4. (physics) The actual transformation of one element into another by a nuclear reaction.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsm?t?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

transmutation f (plural transmutations)

1. transmutation (all senses)

Related terms

• transmuer, transmuter

Further reading

• “transmutation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).