germanium
noun /dʒər'meɪniəm/
- Definition
- a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
- Example
- He tried to understand the true meaning of 'germanium'.
- Etymology
- No etymology available.
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