Math. [ad. L. transmūtānt-em, pr. pple. of transmūtāre to TRANSMUTE.] (See quot.)
1858. Cayley, Math. Papers, II. 515. We may say that the function obtained by replacing … the facients of a covariant or contravariant by the first derived functions of a contravariant or covariant is a Transmutant of the first-mentioned covariant or contravariant.
