English

Noun

Selenite ‎(plural Selenites)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of Luna, the moon of Terra.
   • 1901, Wells, Herbert George, “The Selenite's Face”, in The First Men in the Moon:

     My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders.

Synonyms

• Lunarian

Hypernyms

• Solarian

Translations

Adjective

Selenite

1. (science fiction) Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites).

   a Selenite colony

German

Noun

Selenite n

1. plural of Selenit

English

Selenite (1)

Noun

selenite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural selenites)

1. (mineralogy) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O).
2. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid.

Translations

Synonyms

• satin spar (1)

Derived terms

• cadmium selenite
• sodium selenite

Anagrams

• enlistee

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σελήνη ‎(selḗnē, “moon”) +‎ -ite; the chemistry sense comes via the name of the element selenium.

Noun

selenite f ‎(plural seleniti)

1. (mineralogy) selenite