Definition of "germanium" noun 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 . quotations examples
Quotations 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, page 5