2. Adjective. (minerology) Describing minerals containing selenium (especially when this replaces another element) ¹
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Definition of Selenian
1. of the moon [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selenian
Literary usage of Selenian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sibylline Oracles by Milton Spenser Terry, Aloisius Rzach (1899)
"And Syria shall mourn for men destroyed And then selenian goddess shall not ...
selenian goddess.—Goddess of the moon. Her holy city may be understood as ..."
2. The Yale Literary Magazine by Yale University, Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg (1842)
"Perhaps Norwich was at that time famous for its savans,* and the selenian potentate
wished to consult them on some scientific point, or he may have ..."
3. Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century: Including by Isaac Barrow, John Flamsteed, John Wallis, Stephen Peter Rigaud, Isaac Newton (1841)
"... there are yet abundant laurels to be won in the selenian games,) up!
generous English spirits! run and strive to obtain those prizes, which the excluded ..."
4. The Intellectual Observer (1866)
"Looking from the earth to the moon, we must be struck with evidences of great
plasticity having prevailed when numerous tracts of selenian scenery were ..."
5. Wind by Ed Darack (1998)
"... much of the Pinacate adds to its selenian auta— how could anything gtow out
of such taw land? ..."
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