FULLERENE

Meaning of FULLERENE in English

/ ˈfʊləriːn; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( chemistry ) = buckminsterfullerene

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WORD ORIGIN

1980s: contraction of buckminsterfullerene .

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FULLERENE — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller; from the resemblance of the molecules to the geodesic domes designed by Fuller Date: 1987 …
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FULLERENE — Any of a class of all-carbon molecules whose atoms are arranged in closed hollow shells. 60 , nicknamed buckyball), has …
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FULLERENE — ˌfu̇ləˈrēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: buckminster fullerene (herein) : any of a class of closed hollow aromatic carbon compounds …
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FULLERENE — /fool"euh reen'/ , n. any of a class of molecules of carbon having a roughly spherical shape. [ 1985-90; after …
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FULLERENE — n. class of carbon molecules that have a somewhat globular shape
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FULLERENE — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller; from the resemblance of the molecules to the geodesic domes designed by Fuller Date: 1987 …
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FULLERENE — [ 'fʊləri:n ] ■ noun Chemistry a form of carbon having a molecule consisting of a large spheroidal cage of …
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FULLERENE — [ful.ler.ene] n [R. Buckminster Fuller; fr. the resemblance of the molecules to the geodesic domes designed by Fuller] (1988): any …
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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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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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FULLERENE — Фуллерены
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FULLERENE — фуллерен
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FULLERENE — n. Pronunciation: ˌ fu ̇ -l ə - ' r ē n Function: noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller; from the …
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BUCKYTUBE — noun Etymology: buckyball + tube Date: 1991 a nanotube composed of pure carbon with a molecular arrangement similar to that …
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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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CARBON — I Nonmetallic chemical element , chemical symbol C, atomic number 6. The usual stable isotope is carbon-12; carbon-13, another stable …
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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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BUCKYTUBE — noun Etymology: bucky ball + tube Date: 1991 : a nanotube composed of pure carbon with a molecular arrangement similar …
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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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BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE — noun Etymology: R. Buckminster Fuller Date: 1985 : a spherical fullerene C 60 that is an extremely stable form of …
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NANOTUBE — ■ noun Chemistry a cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
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BUCKYTUBES — ■ plural noun Chemistry, informal cylindrical molecules of a fullerene.
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BUCKYBALLS — ■ plural noun Chemistry, informal spherical molecules of a fullerene, especially buckminsterfullerene.
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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 — [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 …
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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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CURL, ROBERT F., JR. — born Aug. 23, 1933, Alice, Texas, U.S. in full Robert Floyd Curl, Jr. American chemist who with Richard E. Smalley …
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ION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE negative ▪ It is charged with negative ions which generate a feeling of well-being. …
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CARBON — n. Nonmetallic chemical element , chemical symbol C, atomic number 6. The usual stable isotope is carbon-12; carbon-13, another stable …
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