atomic number 32

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1.atomic number 32 - a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyroditeGe, germaniumchemical 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 matterargyrodite - a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfurgermanite - a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfidesemiconducting 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