DEFORESTATION

deforestation, disforestation

(noun) the removal of trees

deforestation

(noun) the state of being clear of trees

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

deforestation (countable and uncountable, plural deforestations)

The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. [from 1874]

Antonyms: afforestation, reforestation

(comptheory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.

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