alchemy

  1. Noun.  (obsolete, uncountable) The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry.
  2. Noun.  (countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
  3. Noun.  (computing, slang) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

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