BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene

Synonyms:

buckminsterfullerene; buckyball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("buckminsterfullerene" is a kind of...):

fullerene (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)

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