selen-
See also: selen, Selen, and selén
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlēn, sĭlēn, IPA(key): /sɛliːn/, /sɪliːn/
Prefix
selen-
- moon
- Moon
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with selen-
Derived terms
- selenarch (science fiction) →
- selenarchy
- selenian (rare)
- selenic (rare) →
- geoselenic
- selenigenous (rare)
- selenocentric
- selenodesy (astronomy) →
- selenodetic
- selenograph
- selenography →
- selenographic
- selenographer
- selenolatry
- selenology →
- selenological →
- selenologically
- selenologic
- selenologist
- selenological →
- selenoscope (rare)
- selenotopography (rare) →
- selenotopographic
- selenotopographical
Related terms
Terms related by derivation from σελήνη (selēnē, “moon”), but not via selenium
- panselene (obsolete, rare)
- paraselene (meteorology) →
- paraselenic
- 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 →
- tetraselenodont
- selenography →
- selenographer
- selenographic
- selenographical
- selenographist
- selenotropic (botany) →
- selenotropism
- selenotropy
Translations
moon
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See also
- areo-
- geo-
Etymology 2
From German Selen (“selenium”); as above, also ultimately from Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕlən, IPA(key): /sɛlən/
Prefix
selen-
- (productive in mineralogy; no longer productive in chemistry) (containing) selenium
Synonyms
- (chemistry): selenio- (productive)
- (chemistry): seleno-
Derived terms
mineralogy
- selencuprite (obsolete)
- selenpalladite (obsolete)
- selenpalladium (obsolete)
- selensilver (obsolete)
- selensulphur
- selentellurium
Derived terms in chemistry
- selenaldine
- selenethyl
- selenhydrate
- selenhydric
(Derived terms in other fields):
- selenosis
Related terms
Terms related by derivation from selenium
- selenate (chemistry)
- selenic (chemistry) →
- hydroselenic →
- hydroselenate
- hydroselenic acid
- hydroselenuret
- selenic acid
- hydroselenic →
- selenide (chemistry)
- chlorine selenide
- diselenide
- hydrogen selenide
- monoselenide
- pentaselenide
- triselenide
- seleniet (chemistry, obsolete) →
- selenietted (obsolete, rare)
- seleniferous
- selenio- (chemistry) →
- seleniocyanate
- seleniocyanic
- seleniocyanide
- seleniocyanogen
- seleniocyanuret
- selenious (chemistry) →
- selenious acid
- selenite (chemistry) →
- marine selenite (chemistry, obsolete, rare)
- seleniuret (chemistry; now rare) →
- protoseleniuret (obsolete)
- seleniuretted →
- seleniuretted hydrogen
- selenyl (chemistry)
Translations
(containing) selenium
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References
- “selen-, prefix” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams
- Elsen, Leens, Neels, elsen, lenes, lense