buck|y|ball

buck|y|ball
buck|y|ball «BUHK ee BL», noun. Chemistry.
a highly stable molecule consisting of sixty carbon atoms arranged as interlocking pentagons and hexagons: »

The molecular structure of buckyballs is so radically different that researchers hope this third form of carbon will lead to a whole new class of materials with multiple uses (Time).

[American English < Buck(minster) Fuller, 1895-1983, an American designer who developed the geodesic dome, which this molecule resembles in structure + ball]

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