to terraform
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- verb
- /ˈtɛrəˌfɔrm/
- Specialized
- If we can't terraform a broken Earth, there is no way we could terraform, say, Mars.
- terraform the planet
- terraforming Mars
- terraform the world
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Watch on YouTubeI'm just thinking it would be easier to deflect the asteroid than to terraform Mars and ship a billion people there.
- I'm just thinking it would be easier to deflect the asteroid than to terraform Mars and ship a billion people there.
- And the reason why is we're gonna learn so much about the environment that will then take that knowledge to terraform Mars.
- So if an industrial or or a technological civilization wants to terraform a planet that otherwise is is too cold for them, they would do it.
- And then they're going to terraform the Earth, survive all the nuclear wars.
- So now we've got Anne, who's saying we shouldn't terraform.
- Which is a terrible film by the way, but anyway, and dump it on Mars and just terraform Mars.
Examples
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The project aims to terraform uninhabitable regions on Earth to support human life.
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And then I could terraform an entire world.
Fiction book (1995) -
One we find that way, or one we can terraform.
Fiction book (1999) -
Should we consider terraforming these places on our own planet?
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Basically, they took a huge lava field and terraformed it into a resort area.
Blog text (10) -
Many colonies tinkered with their new homes, and in some extreme cases, entire planets had been terraformed.
Fiction book (1991) -
They're terraforming the Earth.
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Some Elysian commercial developers want to terraform Prokaryon to make it habitable, though its native ecology and any hidden intelligence would.
Fiction book (1998) -
Scientists are developing new technologies to terraform Mars and make it habitable for humans.
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In the future, we might be able to terraform distant planets and create new homes for humanity.
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Etymology
The word terraform comes from terra meaning 'earth' and form meaning 'shape' or 'make'. So, to terraform a planet is to 'shape it like Earth' and make it fit for people to live there.