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borospherene

/bə.ɹɒ.sfə.riːn/

borospherene noun: b₄₀, a hollow cage shaped molecule composed of 40 boron atoms, similar to C₆₀ buckyballs.

Noun

borospherene (plural borospherenes)

  1. B₄₀, a hollow cage shaped molecule composed of 40 boron atoms, similar to C₆₀ buckyballs
  2. by extension, the boron allotrope, the class of spheroidal boron allotropic molecules.

Forms of borospherene

pluralborospherenes

Origin of borospherene

From boro- + sphere + -ene.

Questions about borospherene

What does borospherene mean?
Borospherene means b₄₀, a hollow cage shaped molecule composed of 40 boron atoms, similar to C₆₀ buckyballs.
What part of speech is borospherene?
Borospherene is a noun.
How do you pronounce borospherene?
Borospherene is pronounced /bə.ɹɒ.sfə.riːn/.
What is the plural of borospherene?
The plural of borospherene is borospherenes.

Words near borospherene in the dictionary

  1. borosilicate
  2. borosilicate glass
  3. borosilicate glasses
  4. borosilicated
  5. borosilicates
  6. borospherene
  7. borospherenes
  8. borosulfate
  9. borosulfates
  10. borosulphate
  11. borosulphates

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