Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.

  2. An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

    Graphen

    графе́нgrafén

    графенhrafen

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Could graphene be used to make a cable for a space elevator?

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  2. Graphene is a substance made from pure carbon.

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  3. Graphene is very strong, flexible and a good conductor of electricity.

    deGraphen ist sehr stark, biegsam und ein guter elektrischer Leiter.

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  4. What is graphene?

    ruЧто такое графен?

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  5. But being so thin, graphene also is extremely hard to handle, like the transparent cellulose used for wrapping food.

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Translations

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