hydroponics

English

Etymology

hydro- (“water”) +‎ Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒnɪks/
• 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 […]

Derived terms

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

Coordinate terms

• aeroponics, aquaponics, geoponics, organoponics

Hyponyms

• hydroculture

Translations

cultivation of plants in a nutrient solution

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無土栽培／无土栽培 (zh), 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)
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• 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)
• Russian: гидропо́ника (ru) f (gidropónika)
• Tagalog: danumlinangan

Further reading

• hydroponics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia