selen-
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlēn, sĭlēn, IPA(key): /sɛliːn/, /sɪliːn/
Combining form
[edit]selen-
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- selenarch (science fiction) →
- selenian (rare)
- selenic (rare) →
- selenigenous (rare)
- selenocentric
- selenodesy (astronomy) →
- selenograph
- selenography →
- selenolatry
- selenology →
- selenoscope (rare)
- selenotopography (rare) →
Related terms
[edit]- panselene (obsolete, rare)
- paraselene (meteorology) →
- proselenic (obsolete, rare)
- Selene
- Selenite
- selenitic (rare)
- selenite (mineralogy and chemistry) →
- baroselenite (mineralogy, obsolete)
- selenitic
- selenitical (obsolete)
- selenitiferous
- selenitish (rare)
- selenitous (obsolete, rare)
- selenites (obsolete)
- selenium (chemistry) →
- metallic selenium
- selenium cell
- selenium eye
- for non-phrasal derivations, see below
- selenodont →
- selenography →
- selenotropic (botany) →
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From German Selen (“selenium”); as above, also ultimately from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlən, IPA(key): /sɛlən/
Combining form
[edit]selen-
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]mineralogy
- selencuprite (obsolete)
- selenpalladite (obsolete)
- selenpalladium (obsolete)
- selensilver (obsolete)
- selensulphur
- selentellurium
Derived terms in chemistry
(Derived terms in other fields):
Related terms
[edit]Terms related by derivation from selenium
- selenate (chemistry)
- selenic (chemistry) →
- selenide (chemistry)
- seleniet (chemistry, obsolete) →
- selenietted (obsolete, rare)
- seleniferous
- selenio- (chemistry) →
- selenious (chemistry) →
- selenite (chemistry) →
- marine selenite (chemistry, obsolete, rare)
- seleniuret (chemistry; now rare) →
- protoseleniuret (obsolete)
- seleniuretted →
- selenyl (chemistry)
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- “selen-, prefix” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]