buckyball

buck·y·ball

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noun buckyball a ball-like polyhedral carbon molecule of the type found in buckminsterfullerene and other fullerenes 3
abbreviation BUCKYBALL buckminsterfullerene 3
noun buckyball Informal. a single molecule of buckminsterfullerene. 1
noun buckyball molecule of buckminsterfullerene 1
noun buckyball spherical carbon molecule like buckminsterfullerene 1
noun buckyball (Informal) (chemistry) A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C60). 0

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

1985-90; after R. Buckminster Fuller; see -y2, ball1

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