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Meaning Of Germanium
n.
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.