terraforming

See also: Terraforming

English

Verb

terraforming

present participle of terraform

Noun

terraforming (uncountable)

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.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Almarcrux planetary description:
  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.

Synonyms

terraformation
planetary engineering

Coordinate terms

geoengineering
pantropy

Related terms

paraterraforming

Translations

planetary engineering

Arabic: إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل‎ f (ʾiʿādat taʾhīl), تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ‎ m (teraforming), تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ‎ m (tīrāfurminḡ)
Azerbaijani: terraformalaşdırılma
Catalan: ecopoesi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 地球化 (dìqiúhuà)
Czech: terraformace f
Danish: terraformning
Dutch: terravorming
Esperanto: teroformigo
Finnish: maankaltaistaminen, terraformointi
French: terraformation (fr) f, terraforming (fr) m, terraformage (fr) m
German: Terraforming (de) n
Greek: γεωπλασία f (geoplasía), γεωμόρφωση f (geomórfosi)
Hebrew: הארצה‎ (he) f (ha'aratsa)
Hungarian: terraformálás
Icelandic: jarðbreyting, jarðsköpun
Italian: terraformazione f
Japanese: テラフォーミング (terafōmingu), 地球化 (ちきゅうか, chikyūka)
Korean: 테라포밍 (terapoming), 지구화(地球化) (jiguhwa)
Lithuanian: teraformavimas m
Macedonian: земјообразба f (zemjoobrazba), тераформирање n (teraformiranje)
Norwegian: terraforming
Bokmål: terraforming
Persian: زمینی‌سازی‎ (zamini-sâzi)
Polish: terraformowanie n
Portuguese: terraformação f
Romanian: terraformare
Russian: терраформи́рование (ru) n (terraformírovanije), террафо́рминг m (tɛrrafórming)
Serbo-Croatian: тераформирање n, teraformiranje n
Spanish: terraformación f
Swedish: terraformning, terraformering
Turkish: terraforming
Ukrainian: тераформува́ння n (teraformuvánnja)
Vietnamese: địa khai hóa

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English terraforming.

Noun

terraforming n (uncountable)

terraforming

Declension

declension of terraforming (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) terraforming	terraformingul
genitive/dative	(unui) terraforming	terraformingului
vocative	terraformingule