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germanium - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'germanium' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Germanium [ 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.