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1. (n.) germanium
a hard, metallic, grayish white element, used chiefly as a semiconductor.
Etymology: (1885–90; German (y ) + -ium2)
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1. (noun) germanium, Ge, atomic number 32
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
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1. (noun) germanium
a rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3
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1. germanium
A rare metal element with a blue-gray appearance and atomic symbol Ge, atomic number 32, and atomic weight 72.59.
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