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Fullerian

Fullerian adjective: of or relating to Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), American architect, inventor, and futurist.

Adjective

Fullerian (comparative more Fullerian, superlative most Fullerian)

  1. Of or relating to Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), American architect, inventor, and futurist.
  2. Of or relating to John Fuller (1757–1834), builder of follies and philanthropist who established the Fullerian Professor of Chemistry.
  3. Of or relating to Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), Baptist minister and theologian.
  4. Of or relating to Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate.
  5. Of or relating to Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978), legal philosopher who criticized legal positivism and defended a secular and procedural form of natural law theory.
  6. Of or relating to Elizabeth Fuller(1644-1709), Foundress of Watford Free Schools, Now Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. All Pupils of these two schools are Fullerians, and Former Pupils are Old Fullerians.

Forms of Fullerian

comparativemore Fullerian
superlativemost Fullerian

Origin of Fullerian

From Fuller + -ian.

Questions about Fullerian

What does Fullerian mean?
Fullerian means of or relating to Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), American architect, inventor, and futurist.
What part of speech is Fullerian?
Fullerian is an adjective.

Words near Fullerian in the dictionary

  1. fullerenes
  2. fullerenol
  3. fullerenolate
  4. fullerenolates
  5. fullerenols
  6. Fullerian
  7. fulleride
  8. fullerides
  9. fulleries
  10. fullering
  11. Fullerism

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