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alchemy (occult sciences, disciplines (concept), Disciplines (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting base metal into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life. |
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alchemy (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,U)
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煉金術 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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liàn jīn shù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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lian jin shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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lien chin shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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alchemie (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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alchimie (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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alquimia (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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................ alchemy (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 中古及文藝復興時期的一種化學與思辨哲學,主要著重於探尋使金屬化成黃金的方法,並意圖找出宇宙溶劑及長生不老藥。 |
Dutch ..... Een vorm van scheikunde en speculatieve filosofie die werd beoefend tijdens de Middeleeuwen en de Renaissance, die zich voornamelijk bezighield met het ontdekken van methoden voor het omzetten van onedel metaal naar goud en met het vinden van een universele solvent en een levenselixer. |
Spanish ..... Una forma de química y filosofía especulativa practicada en la Edad Media y en el Renacimiento y que concierne principalmente el descubrimiento de métodos para transmutar metales base en oro y con encontrar un solvente universal y un elixir de la vida. |
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alchemists |
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(<people in the occult sciences>, <people by occupation>, ... People (hierarchy name)) [300236020] |
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