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Definition of Germanium

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

Definition of Germanium

1. 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.

Definition of Germanium

1. Noun. a nonmetallic chemical element (''symbol'' Ge) with an atomic number of 32. ¹

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Definition of Germanium

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Medical Definition of Germanium

1. 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. Atomic weight: 72.3 Abbreviation: Ge Origin: NL, fr. L. Germania Germany. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Germanium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"germanium. 06 = 73-5. 389 This element was discovered in 1886 by Winkler in the ... germanium is an extremely rare clement, having only been found in the ..."

2. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1902)
"germanium. 197. This element is of extremely rare occurrence. ... germanium is obtained from the mineral by heating it with hydrogen or carbon. ..."

3. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"germanium is of interest in that it was one of the elements predicted by ... The element germanium is formed by reducing the oxide with metallic magnesium, ..."

4. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"The corresponding germanium dioxide, GeO2, is a white powder having a specific gravity of 4'703 ; water, especially when boiling, dissolves this dioxide (1 ..."

5. General Chemistry for Colleges by Alexander Smith (1921)
"germanium, tin, and lead are also bivalent. In this respect they resemble carbon and differ from silicon, which is more closely allied to the elements on ..."

6. Analytical Chemistry by Nikolaĭ Menshutkin (1895)
"germanium is a brittle, gray metal and does not oxidise in the air. It dissolves in aqua regia, and is oxidised by nitric acid to germanium oxide, Ge02, ..."

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