Ge

symb. Chem. the element germanium.

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noun

1. a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite

• Syn: ↑germanium, ↑atomic number 32

• Hypernyms: ↑chemical element, ↑element, ↑semiconductor, ↑semiconducting material

• Substance Holonyms: ↑germanite, ↑argyrodite

2. (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

• Syn: ↑Gaea, ↑Gaia

• Topics: ↑Greek mythology

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Greek deity

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abbreviation

gilt edges

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/zhay/, n.

1. a family of South American Indian languages spoken in southern and eastern Brazil and northern Paraguay.

2. a member of any of several Ge-speaking peoples.

Symbol, Chem.

germanium.

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abbrev

1. General Electric

2. Georgia (IVR)

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Ge¹ «jee, gay», noun.

= Gaea. (Cf. ↑Gaea)

Ge² «zhay», noun.

an important linguistic family of South American Indians; Tapuya.

Ge (no period),

germanium (chemical element).

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I

symbol the chemical element germanium

II [gā]

Greek Mythology another name for Gaia

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GE [GE] ;

» ↑General Electric

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