• 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, resemblestin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon.Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.


    Germanium meaning & definition 1 of Germanium.


  • The chemical element of atomic number 32, a shiny grey metalloid. Germanium was important in the making of transistors and other semiconductor devices, but has been largely replaced by silicon.

    Germanium meaning & definition 2 of Germanium.


  • a chemical element with unusual electrical characteristics that allow it to be used in semiconductors

    Germanium meaning & definition 3 of Germanium.

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