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BUCKYBALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buckyball mean?
• BUCKYBALL (noun)
The noun BUCKYBALL has 1 sense:
1. a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Familiarity information: BUCKYBALL 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 ("buckyball" is a kind of...):
fullerene (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)
Context examples
Buckyball, also known as fullerene or C60, is one of three known pure forms of carbon (graphite and diamond being the other two) that takes a spherical shape with a hollow interior.
(Buckyball, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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