germanium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: germanium	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for germanium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germanium n 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ekasilicon \Ek`asil"icon\, n. [Skr. [emac]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Germanium \Germa"nium\, n. [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.) 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.
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
germanium Symbol: Ge Atomic number: 32 Atomic weight: 72.59 Lustrous hard metalloid element, belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Forms a large number of organometallic compounds. Predicted by Mendeleev in 1871, it was actually found in 1886 by Winkler.