GE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ge mean? 

• GE (noun)
  The noun GE has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: GE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GE (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 ("Ge" 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 ("Ge" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gaea; Gaia; Ge

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

Lucy came with me, and we went early to our old seat, whilst the cortège of boats went up the river to the Viaduct and came down again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

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

(Germanium, NCI Thesaurus)