Definition of "terraforming" []

• Present participle of terraform. (verb)
• Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by humans. (noun)

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• "Halrloprillalar speaks of long-term terraforming techniques applied to these worlds, many centuries before the building of the Ringworld."