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▪ I. selenitic, a.1|sɛlɪˈnɪtɪk|
Also 8 selenetic.
[f. selenite1 + -ic. Cf. F. sélénitique.]
Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing selenite. † Of water: impregnated with sulphate of lime (cf. selenite1 2 b).
1756P. Browne Jamaica (1789) 51 The Stalactite seems to be but a meer sparry, or selenetic matter. 1794Schmeisser Syst. Min. I. 243 Selenitic-Spar. 1802Beddoes Hygeia vi. 66 Hard selenitic and calcareous waters. 1851Mantell Petrifactions ii. §1. 78 A remarkably fine group of selenitic crystals. 1889Cundill Dict. Explosives 61 Selenitic Powder is a mixture of nitroglycerine with plaster of Paris.
▪ II. seleˈnitic, a.2 rare.
[f. Gr. σεληνίτης Selenite2 + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the moon; also (nonce-use) said of a flower which opens when the moon shines.
1863R. F. Burton Abeokuta I. 39 A large white flower, said to be selenitic, and opening only to the moon. 1882Ogilvie, Selenitic, pertaining to the moon. |