different between deficient vs oligotrophic

English

Etymology

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f???nt/
• Rhymes: -???nt

Adjective

deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
3. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors ?(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficit

Translations

Further reading

• deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deficient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?fici?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /d?.fi.si?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /d?.fi.si?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /de.fi.si?ent/

Adjective

deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)

1. deficient

Related terms

• deficiència

Further reading

• “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

d?ficient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?fici?

Romanian

Etymology

From French déficient

Adjective

deficient m or n (feminine singular deficient?, masculine plural deficien?i, feminine and neuter plural deficiente)

1. deficient

Declension

English

Etymology

oligo- +? -trophic

Pronunciation

Adjective

oligotrophic (comparative more oligotrophic, superlative most oligotrophic)

1. (physiology, of a diet) deficient in nutrition (providing little nourishment)
2. (geography, of a wetland) deficient in plant nutrients, such as nitrogen or phosphorus.
   • 1969 July, Fred W. Rabe and Robert C. Wissmar, “Some Effects of Antimycin in an Oligotrophic Lake” in The Progressive Fish-Culturist, volume XXXI, ? 3, page 163

Translations

See also

• oligotrophy
• eutrophy
• hypereutrophy