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According to Lieutenant Commander Data, nucleosynthesis was the structural alteration of a substance "at the atomic level".
When the USS Enterprise-D was contaminated with invidium in 2366, many things on the starship began undergoing nucleosynthesis. Data first made his diagnosis by observing an improbably leaking glass of ale. (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits")