selenologyn.
/sɛliːˈnɒlədʒi/ 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.
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selenography1672
selenotopography1795
selenology1821
selenodesy1962
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 85 The Welshmen are correct in their Selenology, except as to colour.
1860 J. Brown Let. J. Cairns in Horæ Subs. (1861) 242 Mathematics, astronomy, and especially what may be called selenology, or the doctrine of the moon,..he knew more or less thoroughly.
Derivatives
selenoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to selenology.
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moon-wise1582
selenographical1670
selenographic1675
selenotopographic1792
selenotopo'graphical1792
selenological1865
selenodetic1962
1865 T. W. Webb in Intellectual Observer VIII. 374 We may distinguish, then, three clearly marked selenological epochs.
1881 W. 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.
selenoˈlogically adv.
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selenologically1868
1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 166 Observations of the geologically or rather selenologically recent formations.
seleˈnologist n. one versed in selenology.
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selenographer1670
lunarian1817
selenologist1890
1890 Nature 2 Jan. 197/2 Neither is he the only selenologist who thinks that these crater-rings consist more or less of frozen water.
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