rainmaker

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall.

   “By using a portable artificial "rainmaker" it is possible to obtain run-off data for rains of different amounts and intensities under a variety of conditions.”

2. isim A medicine man, shaman, or the like, who seeks to induce rain through performing rituals, as in African or Native American cultures.

   “As in many other parts of Africa, the rainmaker is a personage of great importance, whose powers of calling down rain whenever it is wanted are universally believed by the people, and his services are always eagerly sought when a fire happens in their very combustible houses.”

3. isim A person who seeks to induce rainfall through scientific methods, such as cloud seeding.

   “Rainmakers consider seeding Bangkok sky as PM2.5 returns to ‘safe’ level [title] […] The Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation Department is preparing to seed clouds above Bangkok in an attempt to ease the capital’s smog problems.”

4. isim A person having the ability to generate business, raise funds, or otherwise engineer success for a company, organization, etc.

   “The law firm relied heavily on Charlotte as its main rainmaker to bring in new clients.”

5. isim A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.

   “The slugger is known for hitting rainmakers.”