a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting
metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite Synonym(s):germanium, Ge, atomic number 32
(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology Synonym(s):Gaea, Gaia, Ge
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