Definitions for: Germanium

[n] a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite

Webster (1913) Definition: Ger*ma"ni*um, n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.]
(Chem.)
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.

Synonyms: atomic number 32, Ge

See Also: argyrodite, chemical element, element, germanite, semiconducting material, semiconductor

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