Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Selector

Se‐lect″or (?), n. One who selects.

2783

Selenate

Sel″e‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of selenic acid; — formerly called also seleniate.

2784

Selenhydric

Sel′en‐hy″dric (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.

2785

Selenic

Se‐len″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. sélénique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element...

2786

Selenide

Sel″e‐nide (?), n.(Chem.) A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.

2787

Seleniferous

Sel′e‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [Selenium + -ferous.] Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.

2788

Selenio-

Se‐le″ni‐o– (�). (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place...

2789

Selenious

Se‐le″ni‐ous (?), a. [Cf. F. sélénieux.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence a...

2790

Selenite

Sel″e‐nite (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of selenious acid.

2791

Selenite (2)

Sel″e‐nite, n. [L. selenites, Gr. ���� (sc. ���), from σελήνη the moon. So called from a fancied resemblance in luster or appearance to the moon.] (Min.) A variety of gypsum, oc...

2792

Selenitic

{ Sel′e‐nit″ic (?), Sel′e‐nit″ic‐al (?), } a.(Min.) Of or pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.

2793

Selenium

Se‐le″ni‐um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. σελήνη the moon. So called because of its chemical analogy to tellurium (from L. tellus the earth), being, as it were, a companion to it.] (Ch...

2794

Seleniuret

Sel′e‐ni″u‐ret (?), n.(Chem.) A selenide.

2795

Seleniureted

Sel′e‐ni″u‐ret′ed (?), a.(Chem.) Combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen. [Written also seleniuretted.]

2796

Selenocentric

Se‐le′no‐cen″tric (?), a. [Gr. σελήνη the moon + E. centric.] (Astron.) As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.

2797

Selenograph

Se‐le″no‐graph (?), n. A picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.

2798

Selenographer

Sel′e‐nog″ra‐pher (?), n. One skilled in selenography. Wright.

2799

Selenographic

{ Sel′e‐no‐graph″ic (?), Sel′e‐no‐graph″i‐cal (?), } a. [Cf. F. sélénographique.] Of or pertaining to selenography.

2800

Selenographist

Sel′e‐nog″ra‐phist (?), n. A selenographer.

2801

Selenography

Sel′e‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ��� the moon + -graphy.] The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; — corresponding to physical geography in respect to the eart...

2802

Selenology

Sel′e‐nol″o‐gy, n. [Gr. σελήνη the moon + -logy.] That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. — Sel′e‐no‐log″i‐cal (#), a.

2803

Selenonium

Sel′e‐no″ni‐um (?), n. [Selenium + sulphonium.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.

2804

Self

Self (sĕlf), a. [AS. self, seolf, sylf; akin to OS. self, OFries. self, D. zelf, G. selb, selber, selbst, Dan. selv. Sw. sjelf, Icel. sjālfr, Goth. silba. Cf. Selvage.] Same; pa...

2805

Self (2)

Self, n.; pl.Selves (�). 1. 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...

2806

Self (3)

Self (?), a. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of...

2807

Self-abased

Self′–a‐based″ (?), a. Humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.

2808

Self-abasement

Self′–a‐base″ment (?), n. 1. Degradation of one's self by one's own act.2. Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.