selenographer (selenografer)

[ [ selenog raph-y + -er1.] A student of selenography; one who occupies himself with the study of the moon, and especially with its physiography. He [Mr. Ought red] believed the sun to be a material fire, the moon a continent, as appears by the late Selenogra phers . Evelyn , Diary, Aug. 28, 1655. selenographic (sē-lē-nō-graf'ik), a. [ nograph-y + -ist.] Same as selenographer. selenography (sel-e-nog'ra-fi), n. [F. séléno graphie = Sp. selenografía = Pg. selenograph i a = It. selenografía, With the solidification of this external crust began the "year one" of selenological history. Nasmyth and Carpenter , The Moon, p. 18. selenologist (sel-ē-nol'ō-jist), n. [ 197. selenology (sel-ē-nol'ō-ji), n. [ σελήνη , the moon, + + -λογία, έγειν , say, speak: see- ology .] Same as selenography . sele no tropic (sē-le'nō-trop'ik), a. [ τρέπειν , turn: see tropic .] In bot . , curving or turning toward the moon: said of certain growing plant-organs which under favorable conditions are influenced in the direction of their growth by moonlight. [