buck|y|tube

buck|y|tube
buck|y|tube «BUHK ee TOOB, -TYOOB», noun.
a microscopic carbon tube with a molecular structure similar to the buckyball; channel: »

Ever since chemists discovered buckytubes, they've speculated that these hollow, nanometer-size carbon cylinders…could prove the strongest fibers known (Science News).


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