hydroponics

hydroponics

English

Etymology

hydro- (“water”) +‎ Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos, “work, labour”) +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒnɪks/
• (General American) enPR: hī'drə-pŏnʹĭks, IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹəˈpɑnɪks/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪks
• Hyphenation: hy‧dro‧pon‧ics

Noun

hydroponics (uncountable)

1. The cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution rather than in the soil. [from 1937]
   • 2013, Nathaniel Cross, The Guide To Hydroponic Gardening For The Novice: How To Grow Great Vegetables Without Soil, Speedy Publishing LLC, →ISBN:

     Despite relying on water alone to grow plants, hydroponics systems require 90 percent less water than crops grown in soil, due to water recycling and the self-contained nature of the system. Because of the closed nature of the system, it is […]

Hyponyms

• hydroculture

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, aquaponics, geoponics, organoponics

Derived terms

• aquaponics
• hydroponic (adjective)
• hydroponically
• hydroponicist
• hydroponicum

Translations

cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution

Chinese: Mandarin: 無土栽培／无土栽培 (zh) (wútǔ zāipéi), 水耕栽培 (shuǐgēng zāipéi), 水培 (shuǐpéi) Finnish: vesiviljely (fi) French: hydroponie (fr) f German: Hydrokultur f Greek: υδροπονία (el) f (ydroponía) Icelandic: vökvaræktun f, vatnsrækt f Italian: idroponica f Japanese: 水耕栽培 (すいこうさいばい, suikō saibai), 水栽培 (みずさいばい, mizusaibai) Portuguese: hidroponia f, hidropónica f (Portugal), hidropônica (pt) f (Brazil) Russian: гидропо́ника (ru) f (gidropónika) Tagalog: danumlinangan Vietnamese: thủy canh

Further reading

• hydroponics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia