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fullerene

/ˈfʊləɹˌin/

fullerene noun: any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.

Noun

fullerene (plural fullerenes)

  1. Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
  2. Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.
  3. (broadly) The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

fullerene meaning in Tamil, Punjabi and Persian

fullerene in Tamil

கூடுக்கரிமம்

fullerene in Punjabi

any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules
ਫੂਲੇਰੀਨਜ਼ phūlerīnaz

fullerene in Persian

any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules
فولرن

Forms of fullerene

pluralfullerenes

Origin of fullerene

After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.

Words formed from fullerene

Questions about fullerene

What does fullerene mean?
Fullerene means any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
What is fullerene in Tamil?
Fullerene in Tamil is கூடுக்கரிமம். See Fullerene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fullerene?
Fullerene is a noun.
How do you pronounce fullerene?
Fullerene is pronounced /ˈfʊləɹˌin/.
What is the plural of fullerene?
The plural of fullerene is fullerenes.

Words near fullerene in the dictionary

  1. fuller's teasel
  2. fuller's thistle
  3. fullerane
  4. fulleranes
  5. fullered
  6. fullerene
  7. fullerenes
  8. fullerenol
  9. fullerenolate
  10. fullerenolates
  11. fullerenols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fullerene (page history and authors); fullerene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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