selenographyn.
/sɛliːˈnɒɡrəfi/ a. A description of the moon's surface.
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1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 288 The learned Hevelius in his accurate Selenography, or description of the Moon.
1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 315 He has essay'd to make a true Selenography by measure.
1697 J. Wallis Acc. Pass. Life in R. Mannyng Langtoft's Chron. (1725) App. to Pref. p. clxiii We there discoursed of..the Inequalities and Selenography of the Moon, the several Phases of Venus and Mercury [etc.].
b. The description and delineation of the moon's surface; the descriptive science relating to the moon, ‘lunar geography’.
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selenography1672
selenotopography1795
selenology1821
selenodesy1962
1672 J. Flamsteed Let. 8 Mar. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1971) VIII. 580 My way of observeing ye moons latitude by distances of ye fixed star from her illuminated cusps at theire occultations is so much ye better for yt it is independent on ye selenography & lunar spots.
1784 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 490 Some men have..carried selenography to so great perfection, as to give us a complete map of the moon.
1852 J. R. Hind Astron. Vocab. 52 Selenography, the description and delineation of the surface of the moon.
1876 E. Neison Moon Pref. 5 This work was undertaken with the view of promoting the study of Selenography.
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