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fullerene

(fo̵ol′ə rēn′, fo̵ol′ə rēn′)

noun

any of a class of hollow, tube-shaped or ball-shaped molecules consisting of 32 or more carbon atoms, that have extraordinary strength and stability

Origin: after Buckminster (Richard) Buckminster Fuller + -ene

See fullerene in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various cagelike, hollow molecules composed of hexagonal and pentagonal groups of atoms, and especially those formed from carbon, that constitute the third form of carbon after diamond and graphite.

Origin:

Origin: After Richard Buckminster Fuller (from the resemblance of their configurations to his geodesic domes)

Origin: + -ene

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