ger·ma·ni·um /(ˌ)ʤɝˈmeniəm/
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 ger·ma·ni·um /(ˌ)ʤɝˈmenɪəm/ 名詞
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 germanium
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 Ger·ma·ni·um n.  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.

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 germanium
      n : a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting
          metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors;
          occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn: Ge, {atomic
          number 32]


 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.