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    GERMANIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    atomic number 32; Ge; germanium

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("germanium" is a kind 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)

    Holonyms ("germanium" is a substance of...):

    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)

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