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- English Word Seleniferous Definition Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
- English Word Selenio- Definition A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
- English Word Selenious Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.
- English Word Selenite Definition A salt of selenious acid.
- English Word Selenite Definition A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
- English Word Selenitic Definition Alt. of Selenitical
- English Word Selenitical Definition Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
- English Word Selenium Definition A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
- English Word Seleniuret Definition A selenide.
- English Word Seleniureted Definition Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
- English Word Selenograph Definition A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.
- English Word Selenographer Definition One skilled in selenography.
- English Word Selenographic Definition Alt. of Selenographical
- English Word Selenographical Definition Of or pertaining to selenography.
- English Word Selenographist Definition A selenographer.
- English Word Selenography Definition The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
- English Word Selenology Definition That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.
- English Word Selenonium Definition A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.
- English Word Self Definition Same; particular; very; identical.
- English Word Self Definition The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.