atomic number 32
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1. a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite (noun.substance)
hypernym | : | chemical element, element, |
definition | : | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter (noun.substance) |
hypernym | : | semiconducting material, semiconductor, |
definition | : | a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities (noun.substance) |
substance meronym | : | argyrodite, |
definition | : | a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur (noun.substance) |
substance meronym | : | germanite, |
definition | : | a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide (noun.substance) |
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