
• (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.
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Ek`a·sil'i·con noun [ Sanskrit
ēka one + English
silicon .]
(Chemistry) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named
germanium ; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See
Germanium , and confe...
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