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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buckminsterfullerene mean?
• BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE (noun)
The noun BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE has 1 sense:
1. a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Familiarity information: BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
buckminsterfullerene; buckyball
Hypernyms ("buckminsterfullerene" is a kind of...):
fullerene (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)
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