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weathermaking

weathermaking noun: the (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.

Noun

weathermaking (uncountable)

  1. The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
    • Tell us a little more, please, Dr. von Braun, about weathermaking.1958, United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services, Inquiry Into Satellite and Missile Programs, page 613
    • The ritual was barely finished when it began to rain. Naturally the Celts and Germanic peoples also had weathermaking.2003, Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, Wolf-Dieter Storl, Witchcraft Medicine

Origin of weathermaking

From weather + making.

Questions about weathermaking

What does weathermaking mean?
Weathermaking means the (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
What part of speech is weathermaking?
Weathermaking is a noun.

Words near weathermaking in the dictionary

  1. weatherlore
  2. weatherly
  3. Weatherlys
  4. weathermaker
  5. weathermakers
  6. weathermaking
  7. weatherman
  8. weathermen
  9. weathermost
  10. weatherologist
  11. weatherologists

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