FULLERENE


Meaning of FULLERENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfu̇-lə-ˈrēn ]

noun

Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller; from the resemblance of the molecules to the geodesic domes designed by Fuller

Date: 1987

: any of a class of closed hollow aromatic carbon compounds whose structures are made up of twelve pentagonal and differing numbers of hexagonal faces ; especially : one having a roughly spherical shape

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.