"alchemical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} alchemical (not comparable)
  1. (alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Alchemy Translations (pertaining to alchemy): χυμευτικός (khumeutikós) (Ancient Greek), alquímic (Catalan), alkemia (Esperanto), alĥemia (Esperanto), alchimique (French), αλχημικός (alchimikós) (Greek), alkímiai (Hungarian), alchemiczny (Polish), alquímico (Portuguese), alchimic (Romanian), алхими́ческий (alximíčeskij) (Russian), alquímico (Spanish), alkemisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-alchemical-en-adj-OGeKkgLe Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience Disambiguation of 'pertaining to alchemy': 83 15 2
  2. Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-alchemical-en-adj-W5Xvmi-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 86 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 82 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 87 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 92 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 32 51 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 73 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 87 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 83 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 78 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 70 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 70 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 73 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 73 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 87 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 85 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 74 11
  3. Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-alchemical-en-adj-sUneyIA6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alchemic Derived forms: alchemically, nonalchemical, unalchemical
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