English dictionary
germanium
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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (<i>argyrodite</i>) 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 <i>ekasilicon</i>. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.
Source: webster1913