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Alchemical vs Alchemistical - What's the difference?

alchemical | alchemistical |

As adjectives the difference between alchemical and alchemistical

is that alchemical is (label) of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy while alchemistical is of or pertaining to alchemists.

alchemical

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Alternative forms

* alchemic

Adjective

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  • (label) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.}}
  • Of or pertaining to an unexplainable transmutation.
  • Of or pertaining to the creation of something special out of a common material.
  • alchemistical

    English

    Adjective

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  • Of or pertaining to alchemists.
  • * Burke
  • Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators.