What does germanium mean?
A chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group and hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure.
Example
"The new semiconductor material was made from a combination of silicon and germanium."
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