selenology

WOTD – 17 July 2010    

English

Etymology

selen- (“moon”) + -o- + -logy (“study”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: sĕlēnŏʹləjĭ, IPA: /sɛliːˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/, X-SAMPA: /sEli:"nQl@dZI/

Noun

selenology (uncountable)

1. (astronomy) The scientific study of the Moon.
   1. (chiefly ) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies; compare selenography.
   2. (occasionally) The scientific study of the formation and composition of the Moon’s crust; compare selenography.

Derived terms

• selenological
• selenologically
• selenologist

See also

• Selenology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• areology
• geology

Translations

the study of the moon and several satellites

• Armenian: լուսնագիտություն (hy) (lusnagitut’yun)
• Dutch: selenologie (nl)
• Finnish: kuututkimus (fi), selenologia (fi)
• French: sélénologie (fr)
• German: Selenologie (de)
• Greek: σεληνολογία (el) (selinología)
• Hungarian: szelenológia (hu)
• Italian: selenologia (it)

• Norwegian: selenologi (no) m
• Portuguese: selenologia (pt)
• Russian: селенология (ru) (selenologija)
• Sindhi: چنڊڀياس (sd)
• Spanish: selenologia (es)
• Swedish: selenologi (sv)
• Ukrainian: селенологія (uk) (selenolohija)

References

• “selenology” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]