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selenography|sɛliːˈnɒgrəfɪ|
[ad. mod.L. selēnographia (Bacon Nov. Org. ii. xxxix), f. Gr. σελήνη moon: see -graphy.]
a. A description of the moon's surface.
b. The description and delineation of the moon's surface; the descriptive science relating to the moon, ‘lunar geography’.
a.1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xiv. (ed. 2) 288 The learned Hevelius in his accurate Selenography, or description of the Moon. 1667Sprat Hist. R. Soc. 315 He has essay'd to make a true Selenography by measure. 1696Wallis Acc. own Life in R. Brunne's Chron. (1810) p. clxiii, We there discoursed of..the Inequalities and Selenography of the Moon, the several Phases of Venus and Mercury [etc.].
b.1784Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 490 Some men have..carried selenography to so great perfection, as to give us a complete map of the moon. 1852Hind Astron. Vocab. 52 Selenography, the description and delineation of the surface of the moon. 1876Neison Moon Pref. 5 This work was undertaken with the view of promoting the study of Selenography. |