fullerene.

A carbon molecule whose atoms form a hollow cage, as in the approximately spherical molecule of sixty carbon atoms.

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Words that belong together

• a fullerene molecule
• fullerene cages
• fullerene derivatives

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The sample contained a fullerene derivative rather than a simple mixture of carbon dust.

She enlarged the model until the fullerene cage looked like an open latticework dome.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular fullerene; plural fullerenes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.