1669,John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, inNatural Magick[1], The Third Book Of Natural Magick:[…], page68:
[…] for hungry birds have devouredſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded theſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it,[…]
The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſomeſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disruptseed dispersal, leaving theseeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
(countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; theultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
(sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
The team with the best regular season record receives the topseed in the conference tournament.
The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
If you use the sameseed you will get exactly the same pattern of numbers.
2009, Daniel J. Bernstein, Johannes Buchmann, Erik Dahmen, editors,Post-Quantum Cryptography, Springer,→ISBN,page44:
As suggested in [3], space can be saved by using a deterministic pseudo random number generator (PRNG) and storing only theseed of that PRNG.
(video games)(by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
2015, Jesse Stay, Thomas Stay, Jacob Cordeiro,Minecraft For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN,page242:
Seeds are Minecraft's way of generating terrain. Each biome you spawn in is determined by theseed. With a customseed, you can have a desert biome right next to a mesa biome.
(Internetmarketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
The latestseed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.
Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raind, / But had no issue male him to succeed, / But three faire daughters, which were well vptraind, / In all that seemed fit for kinglyseed[…]
1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, inThe New York Times[2]:
Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including whoseed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.
Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the landlord cried, "That's the Grampus's crew. Iseed her reported in the offing this morning; a three years' voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; now we'll have the latest news from the Feegees."
An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alleſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.
Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of allseeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
