dissociative

Updated: May 10, 2025

Theoretically, at any rate, the transmutability of the elements is a verifiable scientific hypothesis; and such inquiries as those which have been set afoot, into the possible dissociative action of the great heat of the sun upon our elements, are not only legitimate, but are likely to yield results which, whether affirmative or negative, will be of great importance.

Thomas Henry Huxley - The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century