fullerene
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fullerene
- /ˈfʊləɹˌin/
Where it comes from
After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.
noun fullerenes
- 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.
- Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
- The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).
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Talk about this word "fullerene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fullerene. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fullerene. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fullerene "fullerene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fullerene.Cite this
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title = {fullerene},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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