terraform

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈtɛɹəfɔː(ɹ)m/

Definition of terraform

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To transform the atmosphere (or biosphere) of another planet into one having the characteristics of Earth.
    “He had been the original claimant of Obania, forty years ago; and Drake was the young spatial engineer he employed to terraform the little rock, only two kilometers through—by sinking a shaft to its heart for the paragravity installation, generating oxygen and water from mineral oxides, releasing absorptive gases to trap the feeble heat of the far-off Sun.”

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Etymology

From Terra (“planet Earth”) + -form (“having the form of”). Coined by American science fiction author Jack Williamson in 1942 as part of his novella Collision Orbit.

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