hy·dro·pon·ics

(hī′drə-pŏn′ĭks)

n. (used with a sing. verb)

Cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than in soil.

[hydro- + (geo)ponics.]

hy′dro·pon′ic adj.

hy′dro·pon′i·cal·ly adv.

hy′dro·pon′i·cist (-ĭ-sĭst), hy′dro·pon′ist (hī′drə-pŏn′ĭst, hī-drŏp′ə-hĭst) n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hydroponics

(ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪks)

(Agriculture) (functioning as singular) a method of cultivating plants by growing them in gravel, etc, through which water containing dissolved inorganic nutrient salts is pumped. Also called: aquiculture

[C20: from hydro- + (geo)ponics]

ˌhydroˈponic adj

ˌhydroˈponically adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hy•dro•pon•ics

(ˌhaɪ drəˈpɒn ɪks)

n.

(used with a sing. v.) the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants.

[1935–40; hydro-¹ + (geo) ponics]

hy`dro•pon′ic, adj.

hy`dro•pon′i•cal•ly, adv.

hy•drop•o•nist (haɪˈdrɒp ə nɪst) hy`dro•pon′i•cist, n.

hy·dro·pon·ics

(hī′drə-pŏn′ĭks)

The growing of plants in water supplied with nutrients rather than in soil.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hydroponics

the science of growing plants in specially prepared solutions instead of in soil. Cf. aquapontics. — hydroponic, adj.

hydroponics

A method of growing plants in inert granules irrigated by a solution of nutrients.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hydroponics - a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients

aquiculture, tank farming

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

drip culture - a hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growing

Translations

idroponica

hydroponics

[ˌhaɪdrəʊˈpɒnɪks] NSING → hidroponia f

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hydroponics

[ˌhaɪdrəˈpɒnɪks] nsg → idroponica

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