English Explanatory Dictionary

fullerene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
  2. Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
  3. The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

Pronunciation

/ˈfʊləɹˌin/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fullerene.wav

Word forms

fullerene fullerenes

Etymology

After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.

Related words

buckminsterfullerene fullerane fulleride fulleroid buckyball buckytube nanoparticle nanotube

Derived words

azafullerene dendrofullerene endofullerene endohedral fullerene heterofullerene homofullerene hyperfullerene interfullerene metallofullerene nanofullerene norfullerene
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