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selenium
1. A gray, crystalline, nonmetalic element (symbol Se) of the sulfur group, varying greatly in electrical resistance under the influence of light [New Latin from Greek selene the moon].
2. Information is located at Chemical Element: selenium .

In 1818, a Swedish chemist, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, discovered an element very much like telluruium; a kind of "twin sister". Since tellurium had been named after a goddess of the earth, Berzelius decided to balance matters by naming the new element after a goddess of the moon. He chose Selene and named the new element selenium.

—Based on information from Words from the Myths by Isaac Asimov;
Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
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selenium
Information is located at Chemical Element: selenium.
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(Modern Latin: from Greek, selene, the moon; nonmetal)