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volleyballene

volleyballene noun: any of a class of compounds, having a cage-like structure based on a fullerene, containing scandium atoms; the simplest of such compounds, Sc₂₀C₆₀.

Noun

volleyballene (plural volleyballenes)

  1. Any of a class of compounds, having a cage-like structure based on a fullerene, containing scandium atoms; the simplest of such compounds, Sc₂₀C₆₀

Forms of volleyballene

pluralvolleyballenes

Origin of volleyballene

From volleyball + -ene but based on fullerene.

Questions about volleyballene

What does volleyballene mean?
Volleyballene means any of a class of compounds, having a cage-like structure based on a fullerene, containing scandium atoms; the simplest of such compounds, Sc₂₀C₆₀.
What part of speech is volleyballene?
Volleyballene is a noun.
What is the plural of volleyballene?
The plural of volleyballene is volleyballenes.

Words near volleyballene in the dictionary

  1. volley
  2. volley-ball
  3. volleyball
  4. volleyball player
  5. volleyball players
  6. volleyballene
  7. volleyballenes
  8. volleyballer
  9. volleyballers
  10. volleyballs
  11. volleybelle

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