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fullerene en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfʊləɹˌin/
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Etymology

After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.

Meanings

  1. Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
  2. Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
  3. (broadly) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

Forms

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fullerenes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

endofullerene · hyperfullerene · norfullerene · dendrofullerene · metallofullerene · endohedral fullerene · nanofullerene · homofullerene · heterofullerene · interfullerene · azafullerene

Relateds

nanoparticle · nanotube · buckytube · fullerane · buckyball · buckminsterfullerene · fulleride · fulleroid

Translations (22)

lt fulerenas (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · hu fullerén (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · cs fullereny (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · cmn 巴克球 (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · ga fullairéin (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · fa فولرن (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · fr fullerène (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · pa ਫੂਲੇਰੀਨਜ਼ (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · cmn 足球烯 (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · el φουλερένιο (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · ja フラーレン (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · tr fulleren (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · de Fullerene (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · uk фулерени (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · pt fulereno (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · cmn 巴基球 (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · de Fulleren (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · io fulereno (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · uk бакіболи (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · az fulleren (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · cmn 富勒烯 (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules) · fi fullereeni (any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules)

wikipedia: Buckminster Fuller