[dee-fawr-ist, -for-] 
| to divest or clear of forests or trees: Poor planning deforested the area in ten years. |
| de·for·est (dē-fôr'ĭst, -fŏr'-) tr.v. de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. de·for'es·ta'tion (-ĭ-stā'shən) n., de·for'est·er n. |
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else. The term is used today to refer to the destruction of forests by human beings and their replacement by agricultural systems.
Note: Deforestation is considered to be a main contributor to the greenhouse effect.
deforestation programming
A technique invented by Phil Wadler for eliminating intermediate data structures built and passed between composed functions in function languages.
(1997-06-21)
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