aquaponics
/ˌɑkwəˈpɑnɪks/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.07 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The tomato may in fact have absorbed a flavor from the soil in which it was grown, one granted neither by the sand of Florida's winter tomatoes exported North, nor by hothouse aquaponics."
- "The warm water in which [Donnie] Tenney's tilapia swim and grow is pumped from the fish tanks to beds nurturing basil, rosemary, and cucumber, then drained, filtered, and recirculated to the tilapia. The hybrid aquaculture-hydroponics system, dubbed aquaponics, uses pumps, aerators, greenhouse lights, and fans all powered by natural gas from an abandoned gas well."
- "Pumps send the dirty fish water up into beds of watercress, which filter pollutants and trickle the cleaner water back down to the fish – a symbiotic system called aquaponics."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑkwəˈpɑnɪks/
- British English: /(ˌ)ækwəˈpɒnɪks/