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