Meanings
nounterraforming (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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.
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Almarcrux's abundant water and relatively mild temperature and gravity have placed it on the short list of terraforming candidate worlds. However, there is significant opposition from eco-ethics groups, who assert that Almarcrux's primitive methanotrophic bacteria may be a precursor to a full-fledged native ecology.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Almarcrux planetary description - uncountablevideo gamesAlteration of terrain; landscaping.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of terraform
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Arabic إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل, تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ
- إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل (ʔiʕādat taʔhīl)planetary engineering
- تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ (teraforming)planetary engineering
- تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ (tīrāfurminḡ)planetary engineering
Bengali পৃথিবীকরণ
- পৃথিবীকরণ (prithibikron)planetary engineering
Catalan ecopoesi
- ecopoesiplanetary engineering
Chinese Mandarin 地球化
- 地球化 (dìqiúhuà)planetary engineering
Czech terraformace
- terraformaceplanetary engineering
Danish terraformning
- terraformningplanetary engineering
Dutch terravorming
- terravormingplanetary engineering
Esperanto teroformigo
- teroformigoplanetary engineering
Finnish maankaltaistaminen, terraformointi
- maankaltaistaminenplanetary engineering
- terraformointiplanetary engineering
French terraformation, terraforming
- terraformationplanetary engineering
- terraformingplanetary engineering
- terraformageplanetary engineering
German Terraforming
- Terraformingplanetary engineering
Greek γεωπλασία, γεωμόρφωση
- γεωπλασία (geoplasía)planetary engineering
- γεωμόρφωση (geomórfosi)planetary engineering
- γαιοπλασία (gaioplasía)planetary engineering
- γαιοδιαμόρφωση (gaiodiamórfosi)planetary engineering
- γαιοσχηματισμός (gaioschimatismós)planetary engineering
Hebrew הארצה
- הארצה (ha'aratsa)planetary engineering
Hungarian terraformálás
- terraformálásplanetary engineering
Icelandic jarðbreyting, jarðsköpun
- jarðbreytingplanetary engineering
- jarðsköpunplanetary engineering
Italian terraformazione
- terraformazioneplanetary engineering
Japanese テラフォーミング, 地球化
- テラフォーミング (terafōmingu)planetary engineering
- 地球化 (chikyūka)planetary engineering
Korean 테라포밍, 지구화
- 테라포밍 (terapoming)planetary engineering
- 지구화 (jiguhwa)planetary engineering
Lithuanian teraformavimas
- teraformavimasplanetary engineering
Norwegian terraforming
- terraformingplanetary engineering
Norwegian Bokmål terraforming
- terraformingplanetary engineering
Persian زمینیسازی
- زمینیسازی (zamini-sâzi)planetary engineering
Polish terraformowanie
- terraformowanieplanetary engineering
Portuguese terraformação
- terraformaçãoplanetary engineering
Romanian terraformare
- terraformareplanetary engineering
Russian терраформи́рование, террафо́рминг
- терраформи́рование (terraformírovanije)planetary engineering
- террафо́рминг (tɛrrafórming)planetary engineering
Spanish terraformación
- terraformaciónplanetary engineering
Swedish terraformning, terraformering
- terraformningplanetary engineering
- terraformeringplanetary engineering
Turkish Dünyalaştırma
- Dünyalaştırmaplanetary engineering
Ukrainian тераформува́ння
- тераформува́ння (teraformuvánnja)planetary engineering
Vietnamese địa khai hóa
- địa khai hóaplanetary engineering
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Rhymes with terraforming
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APA
terraforming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terraforming
MLA
“terraforming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terraforming. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terraforming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terraforming.
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