Germanium

n. rare chemical element

Germanium (IPA: ) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. This is a lustrous, hard, silver-white metalloid that is chemically similar to tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds and is an important semiconductor material used in transistors.
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Noun
1. a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
(synonym) Ge, atomic number 32
(hypernym) chemical element, element
(substance-holonym) germanite

n. germanium, rare chemical element

n. germanium, rare chemical element