Definitions
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- noun chemistry, informal A
buckminsterfullerene molecule .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not just any carbon molecule, but a "buckyball" -- 60 carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a soccer ball, with the same structure as the geodesic dome popularized by Buckminster Fuller.
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Lockheed Martin is sponsoring the Year of the Nano, Rice's celebration of the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the buckminsterfullerene molecule -- the "buckyball" -- that enables nanotechnology.
Nano Tech Wire 2010
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A research team has identified a new biological function for a soccer ball-shaped nanoparticle called a buckyball -- the ability to block allergic response, setting the stage for the development of new therapies for allergy.
June 20th, 2007 2007
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University of Western Ontario astronomer Jan Cami holds a model of the C60 molecule buckminsterfullerene, also known as a buckyball, which he and his team have discovered in space using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Toronto Sun 2010
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he droplet, which is about 1mm 10 million times larger than an atom, is also one million times larger than the second largest object--a 2-nm molecule called a buckyball--whose wave-particle duality was observed in 2003.
Now This is Cool! Zoe Brain 2006
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he droplet, which is about 1mm 10 million times larger than an atom, is also one million times larger than the second largest object--a 2-nm molecule called a buckyball--whose wave-particle duality was observed in 2003.
Archive 2006-10-01 Zoe Brain 2006
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The digital text also captured the evolving structure of a living language, and almost a half-million English words that have appeared since 1950, partly reflecting the growing number of technical terms, such as buckyball, netiquette and phytonutrient.
Word-Wide Web Launches Robert Lee Hotz 2010
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A new study from Rice University predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms.
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Smalley won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of buckminsterfullerene, fondly known as the "buckyball" in industry circles.
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Smalley won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of buckminsterfullerene, fondly known as the "buckyball" in industry circles.
seanahan commented on the word buckyball
A molecule of buckminsterfullerene, and oh so much fun.
October 27, 2007