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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ekasilicon \Ek`a*sil"i*con\, n. [Skr. [=e]ka one + E. silicon.] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named {germanium}; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group See {Germanium}, and cf {Ekabor}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Germanium \Ger*ma"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: germanium n : a brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite [syn: {Ge}, {atomic number 32}] From Elements database 20001107 [elements]: germanium Symbol: Ge Atomic number: 32 Atomic weight: 72.59 Lustrous hard metalloid element, belongs to group 14 of the periodic table. Forms a large number of organometallic compounds. Predicted by Mendeleev in 1871, it was actually found in 1886 by Winkler.
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