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selenology|sɛliːˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. σελήν-η moon + -ology.]
The science relating to the moon; chiefly, the science of the movements and astronomical relations of the moon (or, occasionally, the science of the formation of the moon's crust, lunar ‘geology’), in contradistinction to selenography. Hence selenoˈlogical a., of or pertaining to selenology; so selenoˈlogically adv.; seleˈnologist, one versed in selenology.
1821Blackw. Mag. IX. 85 The Welshmen are correct in their Selenology, except as to colour. 1860J. Brown Horæ Subs. Ser. ii. Let. to Cairus (1861) 242 Mathematics, astronomy, and especially what may be called selenology, or the doctrine of the moon,..he knew more or less thoroughly. 1865T. W. Webb in Intell. Observer VIII. 374 We may distinguish, then, three clearly marked selenological epochs. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 166 Observations of the geologically or rather selenologically recent formations. 1881W. R. Birt in Observatory Feb. 48 Before we can obtain a clear insight into the operation of selenological forces we need a greatly extended topography of the moon's surface. 1890Nature 2 Jan. 197/2 Neither is he the only selenologist who thinks that these crater-rings consist more or less of frozen water. |