ATOMIC NUMBER 32

 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomic number 32 mean? 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 32 (noun)
  The noun ATOMIC NUMBER 32 has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ATOMIC NUMBER 32 used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIC NUMBER 32 (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 32; Ge; germanium

Hypernyms ("atomic number 32" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

semiconducting material; semiconductor (a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities)

Holonyms ("atomic number 32" is a substance of...):

argyrodite (a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur)

germanite (a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide)

 Context examples 

An element with atomic symbol Ge, atomic number 32, and atomic weight 72.64.

(Germanium, NCI Thesaurus)