German Meaning of germanium

Germanium

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Wordnet

germanium (n)

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

Webster

germanium (n.)

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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Germanium

a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyroditeA rare element

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germanite => Germanit, germanist => Germanist, germanism => Germanismus, germanic language => Germanische Sprache, germanic => germanisch,