The term seeding and related terms such as seeded are used in several different contexts: *

Sowing Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area. Plants which are usually sown Among the major field crops, oats, wheat, and rye are sown, grasses and legumes are ...

, planting seeds in a place or on an object *

Cloud seeding Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation, mitigate hail, or disperse fog. The usual objective is to increase rain or snow, either for its own sake or to prevent precipitation from ...

, manipulating cloud formations * Seeding (computing), a concept in computing and peer-to-peer file sharing *

Seeding (fluid dynamics) Seeding is a fundamental technique in fluid dynamics. It is used to visualize and measure fluid flow. Researchers introduce small particles, called seed particles, into a fluid. These particles move with the fluid. This allows researchers to o ...

, a process done while attempting to evaluate the flow of a fluid * Seeding (sex act), a reference to internal ejaculation inside of a sexual partner * Seeding (sports), setting up and/or adjusting a tournament bracket * Planet seeding, or

Panspermia Panspermia () is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the universe, distributed by space dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets, and planetoids, as well as by spacecraft carrying unintended contamination by microorganisms,Forward planetary c ...

, a theory dealing with propagation of simple lifeforms to inhabit planets *A seeding machine, a mechanical device often used in agricultural work *A seeding trial, an event done during a business' marketing research * Database seeding, populating a database with an initial set of data

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