Found 2 items, similar to Germanium.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: germanium
germanium
n : a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting
metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;
occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn:
Ge,
atomic number 32
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Germanium
Germanium
\Ger*ma"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.]
(Chem.)
A rare element, discovered in 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 number 32.
Atomic weight 72.59. It has excellent semiconductor
properties, and is used in transistors and diodes.
[1913 Webster +PJC]