germanium: be preferred over silicon

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0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Plausible Typical Remarkable Salient

Related concepts

Parents semiconductor
Weight: 0.72
, material
Weight: 0.68
, crystal
Weight: 0.63
, metal
Weight: 0.63
, element
Weight: 0.62
Siblings silicon carbide
Weight: 0.39
, silicon
Weight: 0.39
, magnesium oxide
Weight: 0.37
, aluminum oxide
Weight: 0.37
, titanium dioxide
Weight: 0.37

Related properties

Property Similarity
be preferred over silicon 1.00
be chemically similar to silicon 0.86
be used as semiconductor 0.80
be named germanium 0.75
have higher first ionization energy than gallium 0.75

Priors about this statement

Cues

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Joint Necessity Sufficiency Implication Entailment Contradiction Entropy

Evidence

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Plausible Typical Remarkable Salient

Clauses

Salient implies Plausible

0.23
Rule weight: 0.28
Evidence weight: 0.81
Similarity weight: 1.00
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.30
¬ Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon)

Similarity expansion

0.70
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.95
Similarity weight: 0.86
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.08
¬ Plausible(germanium, be chemically similar to silicon)
0.67
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.99
Similarity weight: 0.80
Evidence: 0.50
Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.03
¬ Typical(germanium, be used as semiconductor)
0.67
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.91
Similarity weight: 0.86
Evidence: 0.30
Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.13
¬ Salient(germanium, be chemically similar to silicon)
0.66
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.90
Similarity weight: 0.86
Evidence: 0.50
Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.19
¬ Typical(germanium, be chemically similar to silicon)
0.64
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.93
Similarity weight: 0.80
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.10
¬ Plausible(germanium, be used as semiconductor)
0.63
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.86
Similarity weight: 0.86
Evidence: 0.31
Remarkable(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.20
¬ Remarkable(germanium, be chemically similar to silicon)
0.56
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.88
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.50
Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.24
¬ Typical(germanium, be named germanium)
0.56
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.83
Similarity weight: 0.80
Evidence: 0.30
Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.25
¬ Salient(germanium, be used as semiconductor)
0.52
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.81
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.29
¬ Plausible(germanium, be named germanium)
0.49
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.76
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.30
Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.34
¬ Salient(germanium, be named germanium)
0.41
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.64
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.50
Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.71
¬ Typical(germanium, have higher first ionization energy than gallium)
0.37
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.58
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.31
Remarkable(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.61
¬ Remarkable(germanium, have higher first ionization energy than gallium)
0.37
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.57
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.67
¬ Plausible(germanium, have higher first ionization energy than gallium)
0.36
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.56
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.31
Remarkable(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.63
¬ Remarkable(germanium, be named germanium)
0.33
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.49
Similarity weight: 0.80
Evidence: 0.31
Remarkable(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.74
¬ Remarkable(germanium, be used as semiconductor)
0.30
Rule weight: 0.85
Evidence weight: 0.47
Similarity weight: 0.75
Evidence: 0.30
Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.75
¬ Salient(germanium, have higher first ionization energy than gallium)

Typical and Remarkable implies Salient

0.12
Rule weight: 0.14
Evidence weight: 0.89
Similarity weight: 1.00
Evidence: 0.30
Salient(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.50
¬ Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.31
¬ Remarkable(germanium, be preferred over silicon)

Typical implies Plausible

0.33
Rule weight: 0.48
Evidence weight: 0.68
Similarity weight: 1.00
Evidence: 0.36
Plausible(germanium, be preferred over silicon) ⋁
Evidence: 0.50
¬ Typical(germanium, be preferred over silicon)