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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TERRAFORMING

From Latin terra earth + forming.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TERRAFORMING

terraforming  [ˈtɛrəˌfɔːmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TERRAFORMING

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Terraforming is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TERRAFORMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Terraforming

Terraforming of a planet, moon, or other body is the theoretical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the biosphere of Earth to make it habitable by Earth-like life. The term "terraforming" is sometimes used more generally as a synonym for planetary engineering, although some consider this more general usage an error. The concept of terraforming developed from both science fiction and actual science. The term was coined by Jack Williamson in a science-fiction story published during 1942 in Astounding Science Fiction, but the concept may pre-date this work. Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be altered deliberately; however, the feasibility of creating an unconstrained planetary biosphere that mimics Earth on another planet has yet to be verified. Mars is usually considered to be the most likely candidate for terraforming. Much study has been done concerning the possibility of heating the planet and altering its atmosphere, and NASA has even hosted debates on the subject.

Definition of terraforming in the English dictionary

The definition of terraforming in the dictionary is planetary engineering designed to enhance the capacity of an extraterrestrial planetary environment to sustain life.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TERRAFORMING


assuming
əˈsjuːmɪŋ
ausforming
ˈaʊsˌfɔːmɪŋ
barnstorming
ˈbɑːnstɔːmɪŋ
brainstorming
ˈbreɪnˌstɔːmɪŋ
charming
ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ
consuming
kənˈsjuːmɪŋ
electroforming
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌfɔːmɪŋ
farming
ˈfɑːmɪŋ
grooming
ˈɡruːmɪŋ
hydroforming
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfɔːmɪŋ
nonconforming
ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːmɪŋ
nondeforming
ˌnɒndɪˈfɔːmɪŋ
nonperforming
ˌnɒnpəˈfɔːmɪŋ
performing
pəˈfɔːmɪŋ
roarming
ˈrɔːmɪŋ
storming
ˈstɔːmɪŋ
streaming
ˈstriːmɪŋ
uninforming
ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmɪŋ
unperforming
ˌʌnpəˈfɔːmɪŋ
warming
ˈwɔːmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TERRAFORMING

terrace cultivation
terrace house
terraced
terraced house
terraced housing
terraceless
terraces
terracette
terracing
terracotta
terraform
terrain
terramara
Terramycin
terrane
terrapin
terraqueous
terrararia
terrarariums
terrarium

WORDS THAT END LIKE TERRAFORMING

alarming
arming
becoming
disarming
factory farming
fish farming
global warming
gold farming
heart-warming
house-warming
intensive farming
mixed farming
organic farming
pharming
poultry farming
Prince Charming
self-harming
sheep farming
squirming
steam reforming
subsistence farming

Synonyms and antonyms of terraforming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «terraforming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TERRAFORMING

Find out the translation of terraforming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of terraforming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «terraforming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地球化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

terraformación
570 millions of speakers

English

terraforming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

terraforming
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يبدو استصلاح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

терраформирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terraformação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

terraforming
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

terraformation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terraforming
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Terraforming
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テラフォーミング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테라포밍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Terraforming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Terraforming
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

terraforming
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेराफॉर्मिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

terraforming
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terraforming
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Terraformowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Терраформирование
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

terraformare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετασχηματισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Terraforming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

terraforming
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

terraforming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of terraforming

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TERRAFORMING»

The term «terraforming» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TERRAFORMING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about terraforming

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERRAFORMING»

Discover the use of terraforming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to terraforming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments
This book presents an up-to-date review of the entire field, while it is still possible to do so in a single volume.
Martyn J. Fogg, 1995
2
Terraforming Earth
When a giant meteor crashes into the earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manage to leave the barren planet and establish a new home on the moon.
Jack Williamson, 2013
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Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds
This book presents what is physically possible today and previews what may be put into actual practice within the next several hundred years.
Martin Beech, 2009
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Genesis: An Epic Poem of the Terraforming of Mars
Originally published in 1988, Genesis was the first major work of fiction that addressed the idea of terraforming Mars.
Frederick Turner, 2012
5
Recent Terrains: Terraforming the American West
In 60 black-and-white panoramas, Brown documents the changing landscape along the western edge of Southern California.
Martha Clare Ronk, 2000
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Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming
SF Adventures in Terraforming Gardner Dozois. A Martian Romance Kim Stanley Robinson sold his first story in 1 976, and quickly established himself as one of the most respected and critically-acclaimed writers of his generation. His story ...
Gardner Dozois, 2011
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The Case For Mars
The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions.
Robert Zubrin, 2012
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Life in the Universe: From The Miller Experiment To The ...
MINIMAL UNIT OF TERRAFORMING AN ALTERNATIVE FOR REMODELLING MARS HECTOR OMAR PENSADO DIAZ Instituto de Ciencias Avanzadas, A.C., Xalapa, Ver., Mexico Abstract. An alternative independent device for terraforming a ...
Joseph Seckbach, 2004
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Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination
The Oxford English Dictionary defines "terraforming" as "[t]he process of transforming a planet into one sufficiently similar to the earth to support terrestrial life." The first recorded use of the words is "1949 'W. STEWART' in Astounding Sci .
Eric S. Rabkin, 2005
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Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds
Looks at how other terrestrial bodies in the Solar System can be made habitable for humans and discusses ways to grow food and supply energy to Earth's increasing populations.
Walter Larcher, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERRAFORMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term terraforming is used in the context of the following news items.
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NASA Is Seriously Considering Terraforming Part of the Moon With …
Located on the moon's South Pole, Shackleton Crater isn't just prime real estate for terraforming experiments, it's Optimus Prime real estate. NASA wants to fill ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
2
Lab-Made Terraforming Organisms Could Make Life on Mars Possible
For now, it seems as if the prospect of terraforming Mars is still very much just a theoretical possibility. Still, should our descendants some day wake up, stretch, ... «GOOD Magazine, Jun 15»
3
Should We Terraform a New Planet Or Fix Our Own?
Before we talk about terraforming another planet like Mars, we have to talk about Earth—and whether we should be spending our resources trying to save it, ... «Gizmodo, Jun 15»
4
Here's How We'll Terraform Mars With Microbes
Like a series of scaffolds, each generation of new terraforming microorganisms could make Mars more suitable for the next wave of life. And for future (human) ... «Popular Mechanics, May 15»
5
How Synthetic Organisms Could Terraform the Earth
One option increasingly discussed is terraforming—deliberately altering the environment in a way that cools the planet, perhaps by absorbing carbon dioxide or ... «MIT Technology Review, Apr 15»
6
Life On Mars: NASA Plans Terraforming For The Red Planet, Mars …
Lieu knows she will never leave Mars based upon the current Mars One plan, but perhaps she and the 99 other astronauts will be the first to begin terraforming ... «The Inquisitr, Mar 15»
7
Terraforming Gone Wrong Resulted in a Plague of Rabbits
When the "frontier" was first being settled, prairie rabbits were a boon. They were easy game for hungry families. But during the Depression, they became a terror ... «io9, Feb 15»
8
Mars terraforming: building a new Earth
Terraforming is the process of transforming a hostile environment into one suitable for human life. While the idea has been introduced in many SciFi books or ... «ZME Science, Sep 14»
9
We can terraform Mars for the same cost as mitigating climate …
Here is alternative way to spend around the same amount of money with around the same timescale of payback: terraforming Mars. A standard estimate is that, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
10
A Terraformed Moon Would Be an Awful Lot Like Florida
Terraforming our moon will take many decades and vast abilities. Before we can begin, we'll have to master the resources of our solar system—especially ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Terraforming [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/terraforming>. May 2024 ».
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