Part 4777

<h1>Germanic</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger*man"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.</def>

<h1>Germanic</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger*man"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Germanicus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>germanique</ets>. See <er>German</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to Germany; <as>as, the <ex>Germanic</ex> confederacy</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Teutonic.</def> <mark>[A loose sense]</mark>

<h1>Germanism</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"man*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>germanisme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An idiom of the German language.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.</def>

<i>J. W. Alexander.</i>

<h1>Germanium</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger*ma"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>Germania</ets> Germany.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (<i>argyrodite</i>) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted <i>ekasilicon</i>. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.</def>

<h1>Germanization</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger`man*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of Germanizing.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<h1>Germanize</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"man*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Germanized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Germanizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To make German, or like what is distinctively German; <as>as, to <ex>Germanize</ex> a province, a language, a society</as>.</def>

<h1>Germanize</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger"man*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.</def>

<h1>Germarium</h1> <Xpage=622>

<hw>Ger*ma"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Germ</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.</def>

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<h1>Germen</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Germens</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Germina</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Germ</er>.</def>

<h1>Germicidal</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*ci`dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Germicide.</def>

<h1>Germicide</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*cide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Germ</ets> +L. <ets>caedere</ets> to kill.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A germicide agent.</def></def2>

<h1>Germinal</h1> <Xpage=623>