different between geology vs selenology

Wikiversity

English

Etymology

From Modern Latin geologia, from Ancient Greek ?? (gê, “earth”) + -logia (“the study of”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: j?-?l??-j?, IPA^(key): /d?i??l?d?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d????l?d??/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

geology (countable and uncountable, plural geologies)

1. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
2. The geological structure of a region.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• egology

English

Etymology

selen- (“moon”) +? -o- +? -logy (“study”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?l?n??l?j?, IPA^(key): /s?li??n?l?d???/

Noun

selenology (usually uncountable, plural selenologies)

1. (astronomy) The scientific study of the Moon.
   1. (chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.
   2. (occasionally) The scientific study of the formation and composition of the Moon’s crust.

Derived terms

• selenological
• selenologically
• selenologist

See also

• selenography

Translations

See also

• selenology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• areology
• geology

References

• “selenology” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]