deforestation

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

ontbossing

Tegenovergesteld aan

afforestation, reforestation

Synoniemen

disforestation

deforest

felling

lumbering

riddance

disafforestation

disforesting

clearance

overcutting

Vertalingen

deforestazione

déforestation

deforestación

Entwaldung

déboisement

Abholzung

diboscamento

desflorestação

desmatamento

desflorestamento

إزالة الغابات

desforestació

disboscamento

desboscament

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.