germanium
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English
| Chemical element | |
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| Ge | |
| Previous: gallium (Ga) | |
| Next: arsenic (As) | |
Etymology
From Latin Germānia (“Germany”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium (countable and uncountable, plural germaniums)
- A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.
- 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. locomotive orders”, in Trains Illustrated, page 118:
- 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.
- 1970, James W Mayer, Lennart Eriksson, John A Davies, “General Features of Ion Implantation”, in Ion Implantation in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium, New York, N.Y.: Academic Press, →OCLC, page 5:
- 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.
- (countable) An atom of this element.
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Translations
chemical element
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See also
Afrikaans
| Chemical element | |
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| Ge | |
| Previous: gallium (Ga) | |
| Next: arseen (As) | |
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
germanium (uncountable)
Czech
| Chemical element | |
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| Ge | |
| Previous: galium (Ga) | |
| Next: arsen (As) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium n
- germanium (nonmetallic chemical element with an atomic number of 32)
Declension
Danish
Noun
germanium n (singular definite germaniummet, not used in plural form)
- germanium
- 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse, →ISBN, page 74:
- Germanium er en såkaldt halvleder.
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- 1886, Tidsskrift for physik og chemi samt disse videnskabers anvendelse:
- Nærmere Undersøgelser have imidlertid viist, at Germanium er tetravalent, ...
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- 2004, IT-ord 2005, Libris Media A/S, →ISBN, page 64:
- Silicium og germanium er de to vigtigste halvledende materialer.
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Dutch
| Chemical element | |
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| Ge | |
| Previous: gallium (Ga) | |
| Next: arseen (As) | |
Etymology
Borrowed from German Germanium.
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium n (uncountable)
- germanium (chemical element)
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English germanium).
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium
Declension
| Inflection of germanium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | germanium | germaniumit | ||
| genitive | germaniumin | germaniumien | ||
| partitive | germaniumia | germaniumeja | ||
| illative | germaniumiin | germaniumeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | germanium | germaniumit | ||
| accusative | nom. | germanium | germaniumit | |
| gen. | germaniumin | |||
| genitive | germaniumin | germaniumien | ||
| partitive | germaniumia | germaniumeja | ||
| inessive | germaniumissa | germaniumeissa | ||
| elative | germaniumista | germaniumeista | ||
| illative | germaniumiin | germaniumeihin | ||
| adessive | germaniumilla | germaniumeilla | ||
| ablative | germaniumilta | germaniumeilta | ||
| allative | germaniumille | germaniumeille | ||
| essive | germaniumina | germaniumeina | ||
| translative | germaniumiksi | germaniumeiksi | ||
| abessive | germaniumitta | germaniumeitta | ||
| instructive | — | germaniumein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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compounds
French
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “germanium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ge | |
| Previous: gallium (Ga) | |
| Next: arsenicum (As) | |
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡerˈmaː.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒerˈma.ni.um/,
Noun
germānium n (genitive germāniī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | germānium | germānia |
| Genitive | germāniī | germāniōrum |
| Dative | germāniō | germāniīs |
| Accusative | germānium | germānia |
| Ablative | germāniō | germāniīs |
| Vocative | germānium | germānia |
References
- germanium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
- (ambiguous) eastern, western Germany: Germania quae or Germaniae ea pars quae, ad orientem, occidentem vergit
Limburgish
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium n
- (uncountable) germanium
- A part of germanium
Malay
| Chemical element | |
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| Ge | |
| Previous: galium (Ga) | |
| Next: arsenik (As) | |
Etymology
From English germanium, from Latin Germānia + -ium.
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium
- germanium (chemical element)
Swedish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ge | |
| Previous: gallium (Ga) | |
| Next: arsenik (As) | |
Pronunciation
Noun
germanium n (uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of germanium | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | germanium | germaniumet | — | — |
| Genitive | germaniums | germaniumets | — | — |