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FULLERENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fullerene" is a kind of...):
atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fullerene"):
buckminsterfullerene; buckyball (a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene)
carbon nanotube; nanotube (a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape)
