Germanium

[dʒɜː'meɪnɪəm] or [dʒɝ'menɪəm]

Definition

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

Checker: Olivier--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checker: Melva

Definition

n. an element discovered in 1885 in argyrodite.

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