Definitions for buckminsterfullereneˌbʌk mɪn stərˈfʊl əˌrin
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
buck•min•ster•ful•ler•eneˌbʌk mɪn stərˈfʊl əˌrin(n.)
the form of fullerene having sixty carbon atoms.
Category: Chemistry
Origin of buckminsterfullerene:
1985; see fullerene
Princeton's WordNet
buckminsterfullerene, buckyball(noun)
a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Wiktionary
buckminsterfullerene(Noun)
an allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes
Origin: from Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome
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