Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloud seeding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: cloud seed-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of firing munitions containing silver iodide at passing clouds to make them more likely to produce rain.

Uncountable

Etymology

From cloud + seeding.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cloud-seeding (alternative)

Questions

What does cloud seeding mean?: The act of firing munitions containing silver iodide at passing clouds to make them more likely to produce rain.
Where does cloud seeding come from?: From cloud + seeding.

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