Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
Any form of skillful deception.
The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
A performance of such skill.