germanium.
(Of Germania, Germany, where it was discovered).
1. m. Quím. Chemical element of no. atóm. 32 In the Earth's crust metal, is located in the metallurgy of zinc waste and ashes of some coals. Color grey, bright, fragile, is used in the manufacture of transistors and radiation detectors, and alloyed, to give resistance to the aluminum and magnesium hardness. (Símb.) Ge).
