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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
present participle and gerund of terraform
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل
(ʔiʕādat taʔhīl)
— planetary engineering
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Arabic:
تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ
(teraforming)
— planetary engineering
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Arabic:
تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ
(tīrāfurminḡ)
— planetary engineering
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Azerbaijani:
terraformalaşdırılma
— planetary engineering
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Bengali:
পৃথিবীকরণ
(prithibikron)
— planetary engineering
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Catalan:
ecopoesi
— planetary engineering
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Chinese Mandarin:
地球化
(dìqiúhuà)
— planetary engineering
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Czech:
terraformace
— planetary engineering
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Danish:
terraformning
— planetary engineering
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Dutch:
terravorming
— planetary engineering
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Esperanto:
teroformigo
— planetary engineering
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Finnish:
maankaltaistaminen
— planetary engineering
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Finnish:
terraformointi
— planetary engineering
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French:
terraformation
— planetary engineering
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French:
terraforming
— planetary engineering
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French:
terraformage
— planetary engineering
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German:
Terraforming
— planetary engineering
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Greek:
γεωπλασία
(geoplasía)
— planetary engineering
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Greek:
γεωμόρφωση
(geomórfosi)
— planetary engineering
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Greek:
γαιοπλασία
(gaioplasía)
— planetary engineering
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Greek:
γαιοδιαμόρφωση
(gaiodiamórfosi)
— planetary engineering
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Greek:
γαιοσχηματισμός
(gaioschimatismós)
— planetary engineering
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Hebrew:
הארצה
(ha'aratsa)
— planetary engineering
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Hungarian:
terraformálás
— planetary engineering
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Icelandic:
jarðbreyting
— planetary engineering
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Icelandic:
jarðsköpun
— planetary engineering
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Italian:
terraformazione
— planetary engineering
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Japanese:
テラフォーミング
(terafōmingu)
— planetary engineering
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Japanese:
地球化
(chikyūka)
— planetary engineering
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Korean:
테라포밍
(terapoming)
— planetary engineering
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Korean:
지구화
(jiguhwa)
— planetary engineering
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Lithuanian:
teraformavimas
— planetary engineering
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Macedonian:
земјообликување
(zemjooblikuvanje)
— planetary engineering
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Macedonian:
тераформирање
(teraformiranje)
— planetary engineering
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Norwegian:
terraforming
— planetary engineering
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Norwegian Bokmål:
terraforming
— planetary engineering
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Persian:
زمینیسازی
(zamini-sâzi)
— planetary engineering
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Polish:
terraformowanie
— planetary engineering
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Portuguese:
terraformação
— planetary engineering
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Romanian:
terraformare
— planetary engineering
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Russian:
терраформи́рование
(terraformírovanije)
— planetary engineering
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Russian:
террафо́рминг
(tɛrrafórming)
— planetary engineering
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Serbo-Croatian:
тераформирање
— planetary engineering
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Serbo-Croatian:
teraformiranje
— planetary engineering
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Spanish:
terraformación
— planetary engineering
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Swedish:
terraformning
— planetary engineering
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Swedish:
terraformering
— planetary engineering
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Turkish:
Dünyalaştırma
— planetary engineering
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Ukrainian:
тераформува́ння
(teraformuvánnja)
— planetary engineering
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Vietnamese:
địa khai hóa
— planetary engineering
