selenology

English

WOTD – 17 July 2010

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕlēnŏʹləjĭ, IPA^(key): /sɛliːˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/

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Noun

selenology (usually uncountable, plural selenologies)

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.
   2. (occasionally) The scientific study of the formation and composition of the Moon’s crust.

Derived terms

• selenological
• selenologically
• selenologist

See also

• selenography

Translations

the study of the moon and several satellites

• Armenian: լուսնագիտություն (hy) (lusnagitutʻyun)
• Dutch: selenologie
• Finnish: kuututkimus, selenologia (fi)
• French: sélénologie (fr)
• German: Selenologie
• Greek: σεληνολογία (selinología)
• Hindi: चन्द्रविज्ञान (candravijñān)
• Hungarian: szelenológia (hu)
• Italian: selenologia
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• Macedonian: селенологија (selenologija)
• Norwegian: selenologi m
• Polish: selenologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: selenologia (pt)
• Russian: селеноло́гия (ru) (selenológija)
• Sindhi: چنڊڀياس (sd)
• Spanish: selenologia
• Swedish: selenologi
• Ukrainian: селенологія (selenolohija)

See also

• selenology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• areology
• geology

References

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