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cloud seeding

cloud seed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kloud seed]
    • /klaʊd sid/
    • /klaʊd siːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kloud seed]
    • /klaʊd sid/

Definitions of cloud seeding words

  • noun cloud seeding any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation. 1
  • noun cloud seeding The act of firing munitions containing silver iodide at passing clouds to make them more likely to produce rain. 0
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Origin of cloud seeding

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Cloud seeding

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cloud seeding

cloud seeding popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for cloud seeding

noun cloud seeding

  • nucleation — having a nucleus.
  • rainmaker — (among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain.
  • seeding — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
All 3 Synonyms of cloud seeding

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