Alchemy
WordNet
noun
(1) A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
(2) The way two individuals relate to each other
"Their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"
"A mysterious alchemy brought them together"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , < < < article al + or originally “a mingling, infusion, juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants” and later “alchemy”, < perhaps from and/or . (Compare Spanish and Italian ).
Noun
- The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry
- The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
- Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.