silver iodide
noun
: a compound AgI that darkens on exposure to light and is used in photography, rainmaking, and medicine
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The aircraft have been shooting silver iodide flares into the atmosphere, also in the hope of prompting precipitation. 
WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 The local government would also attempt to seed clouds, a process that involves shooting silver iodide rods into the sky to kickstart fresh rainfall. Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 When the silver iodide burns, particles go into the atmosphere and their charge attracts water to them. The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Cloud-seeding aircraft release the silver iodide particles through a series of long, narrow tubes or flares mounted on the wings. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022 Scientists are flying planes into clouds and injecting them with silver iodide to make more rain and snow. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 Two of the best ice nuclei are silver iodide and a protein produced by the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae. Peter Veals, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2022 Scientists discovered way back in the 1940s that injecting silver iodide into certain winter storm clouds appeared to prompt more rainfall, and various states and countries have been doing this for years to increase mountain snowpack. oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2021 In Dubai, scientists are plotting to combat heat waves in several ways: sending aircraft to fire chemicals such as silver iodide into clouds to spur precipitation, and sending drones to zap an electrical charge into the clouds to trigger rain. Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021 See More
WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022 The local government would also attempt to seed clouds, a process that involves shooting silver iodide rods into the sky to kickstart fresh rainfall. Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 When the silver iodide burns, particles go into the atmosphere and their charge attracts water to them. The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Cloud-seeding aircraft release the silver iodide particles through a series of long, narrow tubes or flares mounted on the wings. Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022 Scientists are flying planes into clouds and injecting them with silver iodide to make more rain and snow. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 Two of the best ice nuclei are silver iodide and a protein produced by the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae. Peter Veals, The Conversation, 8 Feb. 2022 Scientists discovered way back in the 1940s that injecting silver iodide into certain winter storm clouds appeared to prompt more rainfall, and various states and countries have been doing this for years to increase mountain snowpack. oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2021 In Dubai, scientists are plotting to combat heat waves in several ways: sending aircraft to fire chemicals such as silver iodide into clouds to spur precipitation, and sending drones to zap an electrical charge into the clouds to trigger rain. Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
silver iodide
noun
: a compound AgI that darkens on exposure to light and is used in medicine as a local antiseptic