(historical) Any of several geographical regions of different historical periods that were mainly inhabited by Germanic peoples. / (humorous, sometimes offensive) Germany.

Alternative form of Germanization

(inorganic chemistry) An alloy of silicon and germanium used as a semiconductor.

(chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element

(inorganic chemistry) The binary compound, SiGe of silicon and germanium; sometimes considered to be a simple alloy silicon germanium.

(historical, 1949–1990) A former Communist country of Central Europe between 1949 and 1990, officially called the German Democratic Republic (GDR), capital East Berlin.

(historical, 1949–1990) The Federal Republic of Germany, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany").

plural of germanide

(chemistry) A chalcogenide glass, of approximate composition Ge₂Sb₂Te₅, used in rewritable DVDs; it changes phase from crystalline to amorphous when heated by a laser

(historical) Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party (from 1933 to 1945).