deforestation

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

déforestation

déboisement

déforêstation

abattage d’arbres

Déforestation

Opposé de

afforestation, reforestation

Synonymes

disforestation

deforest

felling

lumbering

riddance

disafforestation

disforesting

clearance

overcutting

Traductions

deforestazione

deforestación

Entwaldung

diboscamento

desflorestação

Abholzung

desmatamento

desflorestamento

ontbossing

إزالة الغابات

desforestació

disboscamento

desboscament

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.