GERMANIUM

germanium, Ge, atomic number

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

germanium (countable and uncountable, plural germaniums)

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.

(countable) An atom of this element.

Source: Wiktionary

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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