BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE


Meaning of BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbək-(ˌ)min-stər-ˌfu̇-lə-ˈrēn ]

noun

Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller

Date: 1985

: a spherical fullerene C 60 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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