Transistors are made of solid materials such as silicon or germanium whose electrical properties lie somewhere between conductors and insulators: they are semiconductors.
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Germanium
//d͡ʒɚˈmeɪni.əm//
Synonyms for "germanium" (7 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Albanian
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Arabic
2 entries- أَلْمَانِيُوم noun (chemical element)
- جِرْمَانِيُوم noun (chemical element)
Armenian
1 entries- գերմանիում noun (chemical element)
Asturian
1 entries- xermaniu noun (chemical element)
Basque
1 entries- germanioa noun (chemical element)
Belarusian
1 entries- герма́ній noun (chemical element)
Breton
1 entries- germaniom noun (chemical element)
Bulgarian
1 entries- герма́ний noun (chemical element)
Catalan
1 entries- germani noun (chemical element)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鍺 /锗 noun (chemical element)
Cornish
1 entries- germaniom noun (chemical element)
Czech
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Danish
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Dutch
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Esperanto
1 entries- germaniumo noun (chemical element)
Estonian
1 entries- germaanium noun (chemical element)
Faroese
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Finnish
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
French
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Friulian
1 entries- gjermani noun (chemical element)
Galician
1 entries- xermanio noun (chemical element)
Georgian
1 entries- გერმანიუმი noun (chemical element)
German
1 entries- Germanium noun (chemical element)
Greek
1 entries- γερμάνιο noun (chemical element)
Hebrew
1 entries- גרמניום noun (chemical element)
Hindi
1 entries- सिकातु noun (chemical element)
Hungarian
1 entries- germánium noun (chemical element)
Icelandic
1 entries- german noun (chemical element)
Indonesian
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Interlingua
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Irish
1 entries- gearmáiniam noun (chemical element)
Italian
1 entries- germanio noun (chemical element)
Japanese
1 entries- ゲルマニウム noun (chemical element)
Kashubian
1 entries- germón noun (chemical element)
Kazakh
1 entries- германий noun (chemical element)
Khmer
1 entries- ស៊ែម៉ាញ៉ូម noun (chemical element)
Korean
2 entries- 게르마늄 noun (chemical element)
- 저마늄 noun (chemical element)
Latvian
1 entries- germānijs noun (chemical element)
Lingala
1 entries- jemani class 9a/10a noun (chemical element)
Lithuanian
1 entries- germanis noun (chemical element)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Germanium noun (chemical element)
Macedonian
1 entries- германиум noun (chemical element)
Malay
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Maltese
1 entries- ġermanju noun (chemical element)
Manx
1 entries- germaanium noun (chemical element)
Mongolian
1 entries- германи noun (chemical element)
Norwegian
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Occitan
1 entries- germani noun (chemical element)
Persian
1 entries- ژرمانیوم noun (chemical element)
Polish
1 entries- german noun (chemical element)
Portuguese
1 entries- germânio noun (chemical element)
Romanian
1 entries- germaniu noun (chemical element)
Russian
1 entries- герма́ний noun (chemical element)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gearmainium noun (chemical element)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- germanijum noun (chemical element)
- gèrmānij noun (chemical element)
- германиjум noun (chemical element)
- гѐрма̄ниј noun (chemical element)
Slovak
1 entries- germánium noun (chemical element)
Slovene
1 entries- germánij noun (chemical element)
Spanish
1 entries- germanio noun (chemical element)
Swahili
1 entries- gerimani noun (chemical element)
Swedish
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Tagalog
1 entries- hermanyo noun (chemical element)
Tajik
1 entries- германий noun (chemical element)
Tamil
1 entries- சாம்பலியம் noun (chemical element)
Thai
1 entries- เจอร์เมเนียม noun (chemical element)
Turkish
1 entries- germanyum noun (chemical element)
Ukrainian
2 entries- герма́ній noun (chemical element)
- ґерма́ній noun (chemical element)
Uzbek
2 entries- germaniy noun (chemical element)
- германий noun (chemical element)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gecmani noun (chemical element)
Volapük
1 entries- gärmin noun (chemical element)
Welsh
1 entries- germaniwm noun (chemical element)
West-Frisian
1 entries- germanium noun (chemical element)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Germanium is named after Germany, where it was discovered.
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Germanium was found in a mineral called argyrodite.
Source: tatoeba (12338131)
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.
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