Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to selenography.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to selenography.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
selenography - the scientific study of themoon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Evolve your selenographic knowledge by locating Darwin and double your vision with binary stars.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – November 27-29, 2009 | Universe Today 2009
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The portion of the moon which the projectile was nearing was the northern hemisphere, that which the selenographic maps place below; for these maps are generally drawn after the outline given by the glasses, and we know that they reverse the objects.
Round the Moon 2003
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Half an hour after being sighted, this luminous point had disappeared behind the dark horizon; but the verification of this phenomenon was of considerable consequence in their selenographic studies.
Round the Moon 2003
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It was now their turn to impose some limit on that selenographic science, which had reconstructed the lunar world as
Round the Moon 2003
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And if ever Barbicane should see the earth again, his notes will bear witness to this great fact in his selenographic observations.
Round the Moon 2003
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In looking at a selenographic map, one peculiarity strikes us.
Round the Moon 2003
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An astronomical observatory; a selenographic museum, already open, though less than half completed.
The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952
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We now return to the point whence we deflected, and rejoin the chief actor in the selenographic comedy.
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
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The Moon became the favorite object of astronomers, and the numerous observations made of it authorized the delineation of very interesting selenographic charts.
Astronomy for Amateurs Camille Flammarion 1883
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A few astronomical instruments, of which there were not many in those days-a telescope for his selenographic observations, a sextant for taking the latitude, a chronometer for determining the longitudes,
The Fur Country 1874
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