germanium

Noun
  1. A brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;
    Occurs in germanite and argyrodite (synset 114662695)
    is a type of:
    • chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
    • semiconducting material, semiconductor - a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
    substance meronym:
    • argyrodite - a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur
    • germanite - a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
    same as: atomic number 32, ge

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