BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE


Meaning of BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE in English

[ ˌbʌkmɪnstə'fʊləri:n ]

■ noun Chemistry a form of carbon having molecules of 60 atoms arranged in a polyhedron resembling a geodesic sphere. See also fullerene .

Origin

1980s: named after the American designer and architect Richard Buckminster Fuller .

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