Usually means: Modify planetary environments to sustain life.
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  1. terraform: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. terraform: Merriam-Webster
  3. terraform: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. terraform: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. terraform: Collins English Dictionary
  6. terraform: Wordnik
  7. terraform: Wiktionary
  8. terraform: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. terraform: Dictionary.com
  10. Terraform (Shellac album), Terraform (software), Terraform: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. terraform: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. terraform: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (chiefly science fiction) To transform the atmosphere (or biosphere) of another planet into one having the characteristics of Earth.

Similar:
Marsform, terrestrialize, terrestrialise, transnature, anthropize, transfigure, tropicalise, Martianize, inearth, transearth, more...

Opposite:
asteroform, de-terraform, unterraform

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Similar:
Marsform, terrestrialize, terrestrialise, transnature, anthropize, transfigure, tropicalise, Martianize, inearth, transearth, more...

Opposite:
asteroform, de-terraform, unterraform



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