atomic number 32

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsgermaniumGe

   Broaderchemical elementsemiconductor

Questions about atomic number 32

What does atomic number 32 mean?

atomic number 32 means "a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite".

What is another word for atomic number 32?

Close synonyms include germanium, Ge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 32 a common word?

atomic number 32 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.