cloud seeding

See also: cloudseeding and cloud-seeding

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Etymology

From cloud + seeding.

Noun

cloud seeding (uncountable)

  1. The act of firing munitions containing silver iodide at passing clouds to make them more likely to produce rain.
    • 2026 July 25, Attracta Mooney, “Lunch with the FT: Penny Endersby”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
      Countries such as China already use cloud seeding, a technique to encourage rain.

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