English noun: germanium | |||
1. | germanium (substance) a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite | ||
Synonyms | atomic number 32, Ge | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chemical element, element, semiconducting material, semiconductor | ||
Substance meronym | argyrodite, germanite | ||