BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE

Meaning of BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE in English

[buck.min.ster.ful.ler.ene] n [R. Buckminster Fuller] (1985): a spherical fullerene that is an extremely stable form of pure carbon, consists of interconnected pentagons and hexagons suggestive of the geometry of a geodesic dome, and is believed to be a major constituent of soot

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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller Date: 1985 a spherical fullerene C 60 that is an extremely stable form of pure …
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — ¦bəkˌminstərˌfu̇ləˈrēn noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller died 1983 American engineer + English -ene ; from the resemblance of its molecules …
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — /buk'min steuhr fool"euh reen'/ , n. the form of fullerene having sixty carbon atoms. [ 1985; see FULLERENE ]
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller Date: 1985 : a spherical fullerene C 60 that is an extremely stable form of …
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — [ ˌbʌkmɪnstə'fʊləri:n ] ■ noun Chemistry a form of carbon having molecules of 60 atoms arranged in a polyhedron resembling …
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — / ˌbʌkmɪnstəˈfʊləriːn; NAmE -stər-/ (also ful·ler·ene ) noun [ U ] (also bucky·balls [ pl. ]) ( chemistry ) an …
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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — n. Pronunciation: ' b ə k-( ˌ )min-st ə r- ˌ fu ̇ -l ə - ' r ē n …
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BUCKYBALL — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller + 4-y Date: 1985 a molecule of buckminsterfullerene
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BUCKYBALL — ˈbəkēˌbȯl noun Etymology: bucky- (from buck minsterfullerene — herein— + -y (IV)) + ball (I) : a molecule of buckminsterfullerene
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BUCKYBALL — noun Etymology: R. Buck minster Fuller + -y (IV) Date: 1985 : a molecule of buckminsterfullerene ; broadly : fullerene
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BUCKYBALLS — ■ plural noun Chemistry, informal spherical molecules of a fullerene, especially buckminsterfullerene.
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BUCKYBALL — [bucky.ball] n [R. Buckminster Fuller + [4]-y] (1985): a molecule of buckminsterfullerene
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FULLERENE — The structure of buckminsterfullerene (C60). any of a class of closed, hollow, aromatic carbon compounds that are made up of …
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CHEMICAL COMPOUND — any substance composed of identical molecules consisting of atoms of two or more elements. There are millions of known compounds, …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: NOBEL-PRIZES — Prize for Chemistry The 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to a group of British and U.S. researchers who …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: MATHEMATICS-AND-PHYS-SCIENCES — ASTRONOMY (For information on eclipses and other standard astronomical events due to take place in 1997, see Table.) For astronomy, …
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SMALLEY, RICHARD E. — born June 6, 1943, Akron, Ohio, U.S. in full Richard Erret Smalley American chemist and physicist who shared the 1996 …
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KROTO, SIR HAROLD W. — born Oct. 7, 1939, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Eng. Sir Harold W. Kroto with models of fullerenes, 1996. in full Sir Harold …
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FULLERENE — / ˈfʊləriːn; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( chemistry ) = buckminsterfullerene •• WORD ORIGIN 1980s: contraction of buckminsterfullerene …
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CARBON — / ˈkɑːbən; NAmE ˈkɑːrb-/ noun 1. [ U ] ( symb C ) a chemical element. Carbon is found in …
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BUCKYBALLS — / ˈbʌkibɔːlz; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] ( chemistry ) = buckminsterfullerene
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STABLE
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MECHANISM
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CARBON
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ATOM
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ASSEMBLAGE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an assemblage of scholars EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Buckyballs, of buckminsterfullerene, are soccer-ball-shaped assemblages …
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FULLERENE — n. Any of a class of all-carbon molecules whose atoms are arranged in closed hollow shells. Allotrope s of carbon …
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