n. 锗

[化] 锗

[医] 锗(32号元素)

[ noun ]
a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
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Germanium \Ger*ma"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.]
(Chem.)
A rare element, discovered in 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 number 32.
Atomic weight 72.59. It has excellent semiconductor
properties, and is used in transistors and diodes.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Ekasilicon \Ek`a*sil"i*con\, n. [Skr. [=e]ka one + E. silicon.]
(Chem.)
The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards
discovered and named {germanium}; -- so called because it was
a missing analogue of the silicon group. See {Germanium}, and
cf. {Ekabor}.