[syn: Gaea, Gaia, Ge]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ge \Ge\ n.
The chemical symbol for germanium, a metalloid element of
atomic number 32. See germanium. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: germanium.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ge \Ge\ n. (Mythol.)
goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in
ancient mythology. See Gaea. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: Gaea, Gaia.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ge- \Ge-\
An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ge
n 1: a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting
metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs
in germanite and argyrodite [syn: germanium, Ge,
atomic number 32]
2: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia,
Ge]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ge
The country code for Georgia.
(1999-01-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
General Electric
GE
(GE) A US company that manufactured computers from
1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to
Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE
computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth
Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for
Multics development.
See also GCOS.
Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in
the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
(2002-02-27)