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Vinony

fullerene

noun

  1. class of allotropes of carbon
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfʊləɹˌin/

noun

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

  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).