weathermaking

English

Etymology

From weather +‎ making.

Noun

weathermaking (uncountable)

1. The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
   • 1958, United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services, Inquiry Into Satellite and Missile Programs, page 613:

     Tell us a little more, please, Dr. von Braun, about weathermaking.

   • 2003, Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, Wolf-Dieter Storl, Witchcraft Medicine:

     The ritual was barely finished when it began to rain. Naturally the Celts and Germanic peoples also had weathermaking.