Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given by the alchemists to the matter of which they supposed the philosopher's stone to be constituted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Alchemy) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
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- noun A
mythical element of which thephilosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
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Examples
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"It would be magnificent to see that valve close from this angle, held by living struts designed to do their work with a combination of delicacy and strength that man himself, for all his science, carmot yet duplicate."
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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In this case the weakness of leadership will not cause a hibernation of the state, but an awakening of all the individual instincts which are present in the blood, but carmot develop in times when there is a dominant will.
Mein Kampf Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 1925
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The material which the Philosopher's stone is said to be made of. Both items may be one and the same. (Wikipedia)
May 23, 2008