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English
Etymology
From seleno- + -phile, literally “moon-lover”.
Noun
selenophile (plural selenophiles)
- (botany, chemistry) Something which tends to absorb selenium.
1991 January 1, Craig J. Hawker, Athena Philippides, Alan R. Battersby, “Selenomethylpyrroles: Their Use for Synthesis of Dipyrrylmethanes (Dipyrrins), Tripyranes and Bilanes”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, →DOI:Accordingly, it seemed probable that by having X in Scheme 1 as SeR, then a selenophile such as copper(1) would promote the C-C bond formation as in Scheme 2 to yield the required systems.
1998 March 23, Robert Alan Lewis, Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology, CRC-Press, →ISBN, page 127:The poisonvetches are obligate selenophiles and the selenium content accounts for their chief toxic effects.
- (informal) A person who is fond of or interested in the Moon.
2008 September 2, Madeleine L'Engle, A Ring of Endless Light, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), →ISBN, page 303:A selenophile, that's me. Are you a selenophile or a heliophile? A lunar lover or a solar lover?
2019 February 19, Wilder Davies, “Tonight's Super Snow Moon Will Be the Biggest Supermoon of 2019. Here's How to Watch”, in Time:Good news for sky watchers and selenophiles, tonight’s full moon is set to be the biggest and brightest of the year, according to NASA.
2022 May 13, Joe Mario Pedersen, “Blood Flower Moon blossoms over Orlando during total lunar eclipse & full moon”, in Orlando Sentinel:The celestial phenomenon is a must-see event for selenophiles hoping to see a total lunar eclipse and May’s full moon.
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