fullerene
Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the…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.
Meaning
3 sensesAny 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.
Fullerene, Fulleren
фулерениfulereny, бакіболиbakiboly
Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms
(broadly)The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).
Translations
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Origin
After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
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Forms
plural: fullerenes| Singular | fullerene |
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