germanium en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Germānus Latin Germānī Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Germānia ▲ Latin -iusnom. New Latin -ium German Germaniumbor. English germanium Borrowed from German Germanium.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
This equipment, which includes transformers, germanium rectifiers and smoothing apparatus, has been designed to allow the existing electric multiple-unit traction motors to operate on rectified alternating current.
1959 March, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. locomotive orders”, in Trains Illustrated, page 118:The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.
1970, James W[alter] Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A[rthur] Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:
- (countable) An atom of this element.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| germaniums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
digermanium · germanene · germanate · nongermanium · tetraethylgermanium · silicon-germanium · germanous · silicon germanium · germanium diselenide · radiogermanium · germanium hydride · germanium tetrahydride · germanic · germaniferous · germanium dioxide · germanone · germanium tetrachloride · germanite · germanian · organogermanium · germanide · germanium antimony telluride · germane
Descendants
gerimani · 저마늄 · เจอร์เมเนียม · germaniwm
Relateds
germane · germanomethane · ekasilicon · monogermane · argyrodite
Translations (79)
no germanium (chemical element) · hi सिकातु (chemical element) · cmn 鍺 /锗 (chemical element) · sh germanijum (chemical element) · ln jemani class 9a/10a (chemical element) · fr germanium (chemical element) · mt ġermanju (chemical element) · tl hermanyo (chemical element) · be герма́ній (chemical element) · ast xermaniu (chemical element) · ga gearmáiniam (chemical element) · oc germani (chemical element) · nl germanium (chemical element) · sk germánium (chemical element) · ar جِرْمَانِيُوم (chemical element) · da germanium (chemical element) · sw gerimani (chemical element) · de Germanium (chemical element) · th เจอร์เมเนียม (chemical element) · mk германиум (chemical element) · kk германий (chemical element) · ta சாம்பலியம் (chemical element) · vi gecmani (chemical element) · ca germani (chemical element) · km ស៊ែម៉ាញ៉ូម (chemical element) · sq germanium (chemical element) · fur gjermani (chemical element) · gv germaanium (chemical element) · he גרמניום (chemical element) · tg германий (chemical element) · ro germaniu (chemical element) · hu germánium (chemical element) · ru герма́ний (chemical element) · gl xermanio (chemical element) · it germanio (chemical element) · ja ゲルマニウム (chemical element) · uk ґерма́ній (chemical element) · uz germaniy (chemical element) · bg герма́ний (chemical element) · el γερμάνιο (chemical element) · sh германиjум (chemical element) · fy germanium (chemical element) · af germanium (chemical element) · ko 저마늄 (chemical element) · sh gèrmānij (chemical element) · sh гѐрма̄ниј (chemical element) · hy գերմանիում (chemical element) · gd gearmainium (chemical element) · eu germanioa (chemical element) · et germaanium (chemical element) · pt germânio (chemical element) · kw germaniom (chemical element) · cy germaniwm (chemical element) · eo germaniumo (chemical element) · lv germānijs (chemical element) · pl german (chemical element) · es germanio (chemical element) · ia germanium (chemical element) · ko 게르마늄 (chemical element) · lt germanis (chemical element) · csb germón (chemical element) · br germaniom (chemical element) · ms germanium (chemical element) · vo gärmin (chemical element) · sv germanium (chemical element) · tr germanyum (chemical element) · fo germanium (chemical element) · fa ژرمانیوم (chemical element) · lb Germanium (chemical element) · ka გერმანიუმი (chemical element) · sl germánij (chemical element) · fi germanium (chemical element) · uk герма́ній (chemical element) · id germanium (chemical element) · cs germanium (chemical element) · ar أَلْمَانِيُوم (chemical element) · uz германий (chemical element) · is german (chemical element) · mn германи (chemical element)