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Selenite

//ˈsɛlɪnaɪt// adj, noun

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Adjective

1
Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites). not-comparable
"a Selenite colony"

Noun

1
A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O). countable, uncountable
"I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder."
2
Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
"My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders."
3
a compound that contains a SeO32− anion. wordnet
4
The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ite; the chemistry sense comes via the name of the element selenium.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs), from σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, “belonging to”). By surface analysis, Selen(e) (“the Moon”) + -ite.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs), from σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, “belonging to”). By surface analysis, Selen(e) (“the Moon”) + -ite.

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