"terraforming" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹəfɔːmɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} terraforming (uncountable)
  1. The hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, etc. to make it similar to those of Earth and thus suitable for human life. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering Synonyms: planetary engineering, terraformation Hypernyms: forming Hyponyms: paraterraforming Coordinate_terms: geoengineering, pantropy Translations (planetary engineering): إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل (ʔiʕādat taʔhīl) [feminine] (Arabic), تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ (teraforming) [masculine] (Arabic), تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ (tīrāfurminḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), terraformalaşdırılma (Azerbaijani), পৃথিবীকরণ (prithibikron) (Bengali), ecopoesi [feminine] (Catalan), 地球化 (dìqiúhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), terraformace [feminine] (Czech), terraformning (Danish), terravorming (Dutch), teroformigo (Esperanto), maankaltaistaminen (Finnish), terraformointi (Finnish), terraformation [feminine] (French), terraforming [masculine] (French), terraformage [masculine] (French), Terraforming [neuter] (German), γεωπλασία (geoplasía) [feminine] (Greek), γεωμόρφωση (geomórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), γαιοπλασία (gaioplasía) (Greek), γαιοδιαμόρφωση (gaiodiamórfosi) (Greek), γαιοσχηματισμός (gaioschimatismós) (Greek), הארצה (ha'aratsa) [feminine] (Hebrew), terraformálás (Hungarian), jarðbreyting (Icelandic), jarðsköpun (Icelandic), terraformazione [feminine] (Italian), テラフォーミング (terafōmingu) (Japanese), 地球化 (chikyūka) (alt: ちきゅうか) (Japanese), 테라포밍 (terapoming) (Korean), 지구화 (jiguhwa) (alt: 地球化) (Korean), teraformavimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), земјообликување (zemjooblikuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), тераформирање (teraformiranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), terraforming (Norwegian), terraforming (Norwegian Bokmål), زمینیسازی (zamini-sâzi) (Persian), terraformowanie [neuter] (Polish), terraformação [feminine] (Portuguese), terraformare (Romanian), терраформи́рование (terraformírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), террафо́рминг (tɛrrafórming) [masculine] (Russian), тераформирање [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), teraformiranje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), terraformación [feminine] (Spanish), terraformning (Swedish), terraformering (Swedish), Dünyalaştırma (Turkish), тераформува́ння (teraformuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), địa khai hóa (Vietnamese)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛɹəfɔːmɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} terraforming
  1. present participle and gerund of terraform Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: terraform
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          "roman": "ʔiʕādat taʔhīl",
          "sense": "planetary engineering",
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          "sense": "planetary engineering",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "planetary engineering",
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