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geoengineering

geoengineering noun: the subfield of engineering concerned with designing and constructing tunnels, mines, and other human-designed geologic structures within and on earth.

Noun

geoengineering (uncountable)

  1. The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and constructing tunnels, mines, and other human-designed geologic structures within and on earth.
    • “You could say it's one of the first geoengineering projects ever,” says [Carlo] Ratti of the patchwork of land-spattered lagoon that human ingenuity formed into a city, as we settle on the terrace of the Hotel Monaco with an espresso. “This wasn't meant for human living.”2025 April 26, Caroline Roux, “The age of adaption”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. The artificial manipulation of the environments of a planet, especially Earth, especially as a means of counteracting global warming.
    • Near-synonyms: planetary engineering, terraforming
    • Although the panel does not support even pilot programs, it calls geoengineering “technically feasible in terms of cooling effects and costs” and says it has “the potential to affect greenhouse warming on a substantial scale.”1991 May 20, Sharon Begley, “On the Wings of Icarus”, in Newsweek, page 42

Synonyms of geoengineering

Origin of geoengineering

From geo- + engineering.

Questions about geoengineering

What does geoengineering mean?
Geoengineering means the subfield of engineering concerned with designing and constructing tunnels, mines, and other human-designed geologic structures within and on earth.
What part of speech is geoengineering?
Geoengineering is a noun.

Words near geoengineering in the dictionary

  1. geoemydids
  2. geoemydine
  3. geoenabled
  4. geoengineer
  5. geoengineered
  6. geoengineering
  7. geoengineers
  8. geoenvironment
  9. geoenvironmental
  10. geoenvironmentally
  11. geoenvironments

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