Associations to the word «Buckminsterfullerene»

Wiktionary

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, noun. An allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes

Dictionary definition

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE, noun. A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates