deforestation

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
2. (countable, uncountable) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

Conceptes

desforestació

Oposat a

afforestation, reforestation

Sinònims

disforestation

deforest

felling

lumbering

riddance

disafforestation

disforesting

clearance

overcutting

Traduccions

déforestation

deforestazione

deforestación

Entwaldung

desflorestação

Abholzung

déboisement

diboscamento

desmatamento

ontbossing

إزالة الغابات

desflorestamento

disboscamento

desboscament

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.