germanium
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germanium
- /d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm/ US
Rhymes with -eɪniəm
noun germaniums
- 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.
- An atom of this element.
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noun chemical element
| Español | germanio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 게르마늄 gereumanyum, 저마늄 jeomanyum |
| 日本語 | ゲルマニウム gerumaniumu |
| 中文 | 鍺 /锗 zhě |
| हिन्दी | सिकातु sikātu |
| Kiswahili | gerimani |
| Português | germânio |
| Français | germanium |
| Deutsch | Germanium |
| Italiano | germanio |
| Ελληνικά | γερμάνιο germánio |
| Română | germaniu |
| Русский | герма́ний germánij |
| Tiếng Việt | gecmani |
| العربية | جِرْمَانِيُوم jirmāniyūm, أَلْمَانِيُوم ʔalmāniyūm |
| עברית | גרמניום germányum |
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@misc{germanium_2026,
title = {germanium},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/germanium},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
