Not that it wasn't interesting.
Randy
On 13/11/2019 4:43 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:27:23 -0500 Dwight Giles via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Probably more germain than germane.
germane
adj.
Related to a matter at hand, especially to a subject under
discussion. synonym: relevant.
Closely akin; german.
Hence Bearing a close relation; relevant; pertinent.
Germane
Germane is the chemical compound with the formula GeH4, and the
germanium analogue of methane. It is the simplest germanium hydride
and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the related
compounds silane and methane, germane is tetrahedral. It burns in air
to produce GeO2 and water. Germane is a group 14 hydride.
Germane is a highly flammable, potentially pyrophoric, and a highly
toxic gas. In 1970, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH) published the latest changes and set the
occupational exposure threshold limit value at 0.2 ppm for an 8-hour
time weighted average. The LC50 for rats at 1 hour of exposure is
622 ppm [0.0622%].
Germain
See also: germain and gèrmain
Etymology A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the
French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.
germain
English
Adjective
Obsolete form of germane.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of
Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in
the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out
of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See
the entry for germain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,
G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology 1
From Old French, borrowed from Latin germānus.
Adjective
germain (feminine singular germaine, masculine plural germains,
feminine plural germaines)
1. german (having the same mother and father)
Etymology 2
From Old French, borrowed from Latin Germānus.
Adjective
germain (feminine singular germaine, masculine plural germains,
feminine plural germaines)
1. Germanic, German
gèrmain
Norman
Etymology From Old French germain, borrowed from Latin germānus.
Adjective
gèrmain m
1. (Jersey) german
Derived terms
couôsîn gèrmain (“first cousin”)
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