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geoengineering

geoengineering

7.0
Engineering work to change or protect land and coasts, for example to stop erosion
  • noun
  • /ˌdʒiːoʊˈɛndʒɪnɪrɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : geoingeniería
  • The world's most beautiful gardens are miracles of geoengineering.

Examples

  • The amount of geoengineering work and modeling and in developing the science is relatively small, and I would certainly support increasing that.

  • The amount of geoengineering work and modeling and in developing the science is relatively small, and I would certainly support increasing that.

  • I think there are strong reasons against prioritising any of these geoengineering techniques, but I don't have time to go into that now.

  • The world's most beautiful gardens are miracles of geoengineering.

  • Well, if the geoengineering druids get a say, they'll soon enough have a whole fleet of chimney-scows circling the UK doing just that!

How Interventionist

geoengineering
  • Specialized
7.0

Surface Forms

geoengineering singular
geoengineerings plural

Morphology

geoengineering = engineering (transparent) = geo + engineer + ing

The word is transparently formed by adding geo- to engineering.

Etymology

The word geoengineering combines geo- meaning 'earth', like in geography, and engineering meaning 'designing and building', like an engineer. So, geoengineering can also mean using engineering to change or protect the land and coasts, such as stopping coastlines from washing away or stabilizing the ground.