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What (who) is Germane - definition

CHEMICAL COMPOUND
Monogermane; Germanium(IV) hydride; Germanium tetrahydride; Germanomethane; GeH4; Germane gas; Germanium hydride; Potassium germyl; Rubidium germyl; Caesium germyl

germane         
adj. germane to (germane to the discussion)
germane         
Something that is germane to a situation or idea is connected with it in an important way. (FORMAL)
...the suppression of a number of documents which were very germane to the case...
Fenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.
= relevant
ADJ: oft ADJ to n
germane         
a.
1.
Related, akin, allied, cognate.
2.
Relevant, pertinent, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, to the purpose, to the point.

Wikipedia

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.

Examples of use of Germane
1. All this nonsense is, however, perhaps germane to something sensible occurring in the Democratic contest.
2. Q:'4; –– the savings in that, and the ANWR non–germane – MR.
3. House rules require amendments to be germane to the bill at hand.
4. Was it Gregg, in the back room, with the non–germane amendment?
5. Theres one more, rhetorical, sense in which the question is germane today.