Mars was a desert for many centuries of human colonization until terraforming was developed.
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Terraforming
//ˈtɛɹəfɔːmɪŋ//
Synonyms for "terraforming" (6 found)
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50 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- إِعَادَة تَأْهِيل noun (planetary engineering)
- تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ noun (planetary engineering)
- تِيرَافُورْمِينْغ noun (planetary engineering)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- terraformalaşdırılma noun (planetary engineering)
Bengali
1 entries- পৃথিবীকরণ noun (planetary engineering)
Catalan
1 entries- ecopoesi noun (planetary engineering)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 地球化 noun (planetary engineering)
Czech
1 entries- terraformace noun (planetary engineering)
Danish
1 entries- terraformning noun (planetary engineering)
Dutch
1 entries- terravorming noun (planetary engineering)
Esperanto
1 entries- teroformigo noun (planetary engineering)
Finnish
2 entries- maankaltaistaminen noun (planetary engineering)
- terraformointi noun (planetary engineering)
French
3 entries- terraformage noun (planetary engineering)
- terraformation noun (planetary engineering)
- terraforming noun (planetary engineering)
German
1 entries- Terraforming noun (planetary engineering)
Greek
4 entries- γαιοδιαμόρφωση noun (planetary engineering)
- γαιοπλασία noun (planetary engineering)
- γαιοσχηματισμός noun (planetary engineering)
- γεωμόρφωση noun (planetary engineering)
Hebrew
1 entries- הארצה noun (planetary engineering)
Hungarian
1 entries- terraformálás noun (planetary engineering)
Icelandic
2 entries- jarðbreyting noun (planetary engineering)
- jarðsköpun noun (planetary engineering)
Italian
1 entries- terraformazione noun (planetary engineering)
Japanese
2 entries- テラフォーミング noun (planetary engineering)
- 地球化 noun (planetary engineering)
Korean
2 entries- 지구화 noun (planetary engineering)
- 테라포밍 noun (planetary engineering)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teraformavimas noun (planetary engineering)
Macedonian
2 entries- земјообликување noun (planetary engineering)
- тераформирање noun (planetary engineering)
Norwegian
1 entries- terraforming noun (planetary engineering)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- terraforming noun (planetary engineering)
Persian
1 entries- زمینیسازی noun (planetary engineering)
Polish
1 entries- terraformowanie noun (planetary engineering)
Portuguese
1 entries- terraformação noun (planetary engineering)
Romanian
1 entries- terraformare noun (planetary engineering)
Russian
2 entries- террафо́рминг noun (planetary engineering)
- терраформи́рование noun (planetary engineering)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- teraformiranje noun (planetary engineering)
- тераформирање noun (planetary engineering)
Spanish
1 entries- terraformación noun (planetary engineering)
Swedish
2 entries- terraformering noun (planetary engineering)
- terraformning noun (planetary engineering)
Turkish
1 entries- Dünyalaştırma noun (planetary engineering)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тераформува́ння noun (planetary engineering)
Vietnamese
1 entries- địa khai hóa noun (planetary engineering)
Sample sentences
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For centuries, it was thought that Venus could not be habitable without terraforming.
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Terraforming Mars and Venus became a reality generations later.
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Is terraforming possible?
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