"seeding" meaning in English

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  "word": "seeding"
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        {
          "word": "cloud seeding"
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        {
          "word": "mast seeding"
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          "word": "seeding plough"
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          "ref": "1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed 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.",
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        "(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament."
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          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
          "word": "appariement"
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          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
          "word": "départage"
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          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
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          "word": "grille de départ"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
          "word": "Auslosung"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
          "word": "Platzierung"
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
          "word": "Startplatzvergabe"
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      "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
      "word": "appariement"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
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      "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
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      "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
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      "sense": "Arrangement of positions in a tournament",
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