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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of being clear of trees;

2. the removal of trees;
[syn: deforestation, disforestation]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deforestation n 1: the state of being clear of trees 2: the removal of trees [syn: deforestation, disforestation]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

deforestation A technique invented by Phil Wadler for eliminating intermediate data structures built and passed between composed functions in function languages. (1997-06-21)