1. A brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
   - germanium, atomic number 32
    
2. (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
   - Gaea, Gaia

Derived forms: Ges

Type of: Greek deity, semiconducting material, semiconductor

Part of: argyrodite, germanite

Encyclopedia: Ge, Hu