"aeroponics" meaning in English

See aeroponics in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics. Etymology templates: {{af|en|aero-|πόνος|-ics|alt2=πονος|gloss2=work, labour|lang2=grc}} aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} aeroponics (uncountable)
  1. The growing of plants without either soil or hydroponics but in a mist-laden atmosphere. Wikipedia link: aeroponics Tags: uncountable Synonyms: airponics Derived forms: fogponics Related terms: aeroponic Coordinate_terms: hydroponics, aquaponics, geoponics, organoponics Translations (the growing of plants in a mist-laden atmosphere): aeroponika [feminine] (Polish), aeroponia [feminine] (Portuguese)

Download JSON data for aeroponics meaning in English (2.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aero-",
        "3": "πόνος",
        "4": "-ics",
        "alt2": "πονος",
        "gloss2": "work, labour",
        "lang2": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aeroponics (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with aero-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "hydroponics"
        },
        {
          "word": "aquaponics"
        },
        {
          "word": "geoponics"
        },
        {
          "word": "organoponics"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fogponics"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Richard W. Zobel, Peter Del Tredici, John G. Torrey, Method for Growing Plants Aeroponically, Plant Physiology, page Abstract",
          "text": "The aeroponics system uses a spinner from a home humidifier to propel nutrient solution into a polyethylene-lined plywood box atop which plants are supported on plastic light-fixture “egg crating.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The growing of plants without either soil or hydroponics but in a mist-laden atmosphere."
      ],
      "id": "en-aeroponics-en-noun-c0JIWosr",
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "hydroponics",
          "hydroponics"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "aeroponic"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airponics"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the growing of plants in a mist-laden atmosphere",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aeroponika"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the growing of plants in a mist-laden atmosphere",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aeroponia"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "aeroponics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aeroponics"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "hydroponics"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaponics"
    },
    {
      "word": "geoponics"
    },
    {
      "word": "organoponics"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fogponics"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aero-",
        "3": "πόνος",
        "4": "-ics",
        "alt2": "πονος",
        "gloss2": "work, labour",
        "lang2": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From aero- + Ancient Greek πονος (ponos, “work, labour”) + -ics.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aeroponics (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aeroponic"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms prefixed with aero-",
        "English terms suffixed with -ics",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Richard W. Zobel, Peter Del Tredici, John G. Torrey, Method for Growing Plants Aeroponically, Plant Physiology, page Abstract",
          "text": "The aeroponics system uses a spinner from a home humidifier to propel nutrient solution into a polyethylene-lined plywood box atop which plants are supported on plastic light-fixture “egg crating.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The growing of plants without either soil or hydroponics but in a mist-laden atmosphere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "hydroponics",
          "hydroponics"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airponics"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "aeroponics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the growing of plants in a mist-laden atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aeroponika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the growing of plants in a mist-laden atmosphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aeroponia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aeroponics"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.