Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of stable crystalline compounds composed of carbon, boron, and hydrogen.
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- noun organic chemistry Any of a
class oforganic compounds ofboron , mostly having apolyhedral structure.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To verify that the carborane — carbon and boron — wheels actually turn, the researchers built some nano-tricycles and compared them to the cars.
Boing Boing 2009
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But p-carborance wheels are difficult to trace, limiting the information that scientists can glean from the motion of the nanocars with p-carborane slicks.
TreeHugger 2010
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Scientists discovered that wheels made of p-carborane, a cluster of carbon and borane atoms, can run at much cooler temperatures.
TreeHugger 2010
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The nanodragster combines the best of both worlds, with buckyball rear tires and p-carborane front wheels.
TreeHugger 2010
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The nanodragster combines the best of both worlds, with buckyball rear tires and p-carborane front wheels.
TreeHugger 2010
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The nanodragster combines the best of both worlds, with buckyball rear tires and p-carborane front wheels.
TreeHugger 2010
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The synthesis and imaging by scanning tunneling microscopy of a mixed wheeled nanovehicle composed of a p-carborane small-wheeled short front axle and a C60 large-wheeled long rear axle that has been termed a nanodragster due to the structural relation to a dragster are reported.
Next Big Future 2010
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But p-carborance wheels are difficult to trace, limiting the information that scientists can glean from the motion of the nanocars with p-carborane slicks.
TreeHugger 2010
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This nanodragster is expected to exhibit motion at a lower temperature than pure C60-wheeled nanocars and should allow the investigation of the role played by p-carborane wheels in directional motion.
Next Big Future 2010
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Scientists discovered that wheels made of p-carborane, a cluster of carbon and borane atoms, can run at much cooler temperatures.
TreeHugger 2010
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