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Selector
- noun - a person who chooses or selects out
- a switch that is used to select among alternatives
Selenate
- - A salt of selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.
Selenian
- unknown - 1. (adj.) Pertaining to the moon.
2. (mineralogy) Containing selenium (especially when this replaces another element).
Selenide
- - A binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
Selenio-
- - A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
Selenite
- - A salt of selenious acid.
- Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
Selenium
- noun - a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
Seleucia
- unknown - An ancient city of Mesopotamia on the Tigris River south-southeast of modern Baghdad. Founded c. 300 bc, it was an important commercial center and the chief city of the empire founded by Seleucus I.
Seleucid
- unknown - ancient hellenistic empire
Seleucus
- noun - Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC)