| NOUN | substance | fullerene | a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms |
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| Meaning | A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms. | |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Narrower | buckminsterfullerene, buckyball | A spheroidal fullerene |
| carbon nanotube, nanotube | A fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape | |
| Broader | carbon, C, atomic number 6 | An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms |
| Spanish | fulereno, fullereno | |
| Catalan | ful·lerè | |
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