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Definition: Agronomy |
AgronomyNoun1. The application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agronomy" was first used: 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Agronomy \A*gron"o*my\, noun. [Greek expression rural; as noun, an overseer of the public lands; field usage, to deal out, manage: compare to the French expression agronomie.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AgronomySynonym: scientific agriculture (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agriculture | Noun: agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming; georgics, geoponics; tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage; horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture; landscape gardening; viticulture. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Agronomy |
| English words defined with "agronomy": agronomic, agronomical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "agronomy": SOIL CONSERVATIONIST, SOIL-CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Agronomy (1956) | |
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Human Rights | Chad | On May 12, the central police captain in Sarh shot five agronomy students in the legs. (references) |
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| "Agronomy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agronomy" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agriculture agronomy | 273 |
agronomy company list | 117 |
agronomy importer | 67 |
agronomy seller | 66 |
agronomy | 42 |
agri agronomy | 28 |
american society of agronomy | 23 |
agronomy journal | 15 |
agronomy buyer wholesale | 10 |
agronomy job | 6 |
agronomy purdue | 6 |
agronomy services | 5 |
agronomy journal pakistan | 3 |
agronomy america society | 2 |
agronomy society | 2 |
agronomy guide penn state | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agronomy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | agronomi (agriculture, agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هندسة زراعية, علم الزراعة, الهندسة الزراعية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | селско стопанство (farming, husbandry), земеделие (farming), агрономство (agronomics), агрономия (agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 农学. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | agronomie (agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | agronomi (agricultural science), landbrugsvidenskab (agricultural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | landhuishoudkunde (agricultural science), landbouwwetenschap (agricultural science), landbouwkunde (agricultural science, agriculture, agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کشاورزی (Husbandry), علم برداشت محصول وبهره برداری ازخاک , برزشناسی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maataloustieteet (agricultural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agronomie (agricultural science, agriculture, agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Agronomie (agricultural science), Agrarwissenschaft (agricultural economics, agricultural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεωπονία (agricultural science, agriculture), αγρονομία (agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mezõgazdasági üzemtan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | agronomi, ilmu pertanian. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agronomia (agricultural science, agronomics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 농업경 학. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | farrys thallooin, farrys cheerey (agronomic, agronomiccal, political economy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agronomyay agronomia (agricultural science, agriculture, agronomics, husbandry). (various references) agronomie (agronomics). (various references) агрономия (agriculture, agronomics). (various references) agronomija, zemljoradnja, poljoprivreda (agriculture, farming, husbandry). (various references) agronomía (agronomics). (various references) agronomi (agricultural science, agronomics). (various references) tarım bilimi (agronomics), bilimsel tarım (agronomics). (various references) сільске господарство (agriculture), землеробство (agriculture, farming), агрономія (agronomics). (various references) nông học nông nghiệp. (various references) agronomeg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | agros. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Agronomy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acronomy, aeronomy, argonomy, bagotomy, Nagorno. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "agronomy" (pronounced 'A*gron"o*my'): Academy, Adenotomy, Adesmy, Adynamy, Alchemy, Allogamy, Anatomy, Andranatomy, Androtomy, Angiotomy, Anomy, Antinomy, Aplotomy, Apogamy, Aponeurotomy, Archenemy, Army, Arrhytmy, Arteriotomy, Astronomy, Atimy, Autogamy, Autonomy, Belamy, BIGAMY, Bionomy, Blasphemy, Blosmy, Bronchotomy, Capsulotomy, Celotomy, Cephalotomy, Chalazogamy, Chasmy, Chirognomy, Chironomy, Cholecystotomy, Chondrotomy, Cirsotomy, Clammy, Cleronomy, Coenogamy, Colotomy, Craniognomy, Craniotomy, Crummy, Cystotomy, Dactylonomy, Demonomy, Deuterogamy, Deuteronomy, Dichogamy, Dichotomy, Digamy, Dormy, Droumy, Dysnomy, Economy, Embryotomy, Encephalotomy, Endogamy, Enterotomy, Entomotomy, Epithalamy, Eponymy, Esophagotomy, Euchymy, Eunomy, Eurythmy, Exogamy, Exophthalmy, Gastroelytrotomy, Gastrohysterotomy, gastronomy, gastrostomy, Gastrotomy, Geitonogamy, Gemmy, Gerocomy, Glummy, gummy, Gurmy, Heliochromy, Herniotomy, Herpetotomy, Heterogamy, Heteronomy, Heterophemy, Hippotomy, Histonomy, Histotomy, Homodermy, Homodynamy, Homogamy, Homonomy, Homonymy, Homoplasmy, hysterotomy, Ichthyoomy, Ignomy, infamy, iridectomy, Isonomy, jimmy, laparotomy, laryngectomy, Laryngotomy, Lipothymy, lithotomy, Loxodromy, mammy, Metallochromy, metonymy, Metronomy, Metrotomy, Microtomy, misogamy, Monochromy, monogamy, Morphonomy, my, Myotomy, Necrotomy, Nephrotomy, Neurotomy, Nymphotomy, Occamy, Octogamy, OEconomy, Omphalotomy, Omy, oncotomy, Oophorectomy, Ophthalmy, Orchotomy, Organonymy, Ornithotomy, orthogamy, Orthotomy, Osteotomy, Ovariotomy, Panspermy, Parelectronomy, Paronymy, Pathognomy, Pharyngotomy, Phlebotomy, Photochromy, Physiognomy, Physnomy, Phytochimy, Phytonomy, Plummy, Polemy, Polychromy, Polygamy, Polyonomy, Polyspermy, Polytomy, Posthetomy, Prismy, Proctotomy, Pumy, Rammy, Scotomy, scummy, shammy, shimmy, Splanchnotomy, Splenotomy, Staphylotomy, Stemmy, Stereochromy, Stereotomy, strabotomy, Subdichotomy, Symphyseotomy, Synchondrotomy, synonymy, Syntomy, Syringotomy, tammy, Tarsectomy, Tarsotomy, taxidermy, taxonomy, Tenotomy, Theriotomy, Thoracotomy, Thrummy, Thyrotomy, Tommy, Tonsilotomy, Toponomy, Toponymy, tracheotomy, Trichotomy, Trigamy, Typocosmy, Urethrotomy, Uvulatomy, Varicotomy, Vasectomy, Visnomy, Whimmy, Xenogamy, Xerophthalmy, Xylotomy, Zoochemy, Zoogamy, Zoonomy, Zootomy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-m-n-o-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: maroon, morgan, oogamy, orangy, romano. | |
-3 letters: agony, among, angry, anomy, argon, goony, groan, groom, gyron, mango, mangy, manor, mayor, mongo, moony, moory, moray, moron, orang, organ, rangy, rayon, roman, roomy. | |
-4 letters: agon, army, gamy, gnar, goon, gory, gram, gran, gray, gyro, mano, many, mayo, moan, mono, mony, moon, moor, mora, morn, myna, nary, noma, norm, ogam, orgy, rang, roam, roan, room, yang, yarn, yoga. | |
-5 letters: ago, any, arm, gam, gan, gar, gay, goa, goo, gor, goy, gym, mag, man, mar, may, moa, mog, mon, moo, mor, nag, nam, nay, nog, nom, noo, nor, oar, ora, rag, ram, ran, ray, rom, rya, yam, yar, yom, yon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-m-n-o-o-r-y" | |
+2 letters: gastronomy, nomography. | |
+3 letters: lognormally. | |
+4 letters: lognormality, nonmigratory. | |
+5 letters: agronomically, ergonomically, gynandromorph, pharmacognosy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 72 6F 6E 6F 6D 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .-. --- -. --- -- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01110010 01101111 01101110 01101111 01101101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g r o n o m y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0072 006F 006E 006F 006D 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3573848180817991 |
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