Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fullerene

/ˈfʊləɹˌin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: fullerene
IPA: /ˈfʊləɹˌin/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.

noun

Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms.

noun

The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes).

Etymology

After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ene

Inflected Forms

fullerenes (plural)

Derived Forms

azafullerene dendrofullerene endofullerene heterofullerene homofullerene hyperfullerene interfullerene metallofullerene nanofullerene norfullerene

Phrases

endohedral fullerene

Frequently Paired Words

buckminsterfullerene fullerane fulleride fulleroid buckyball buckytube nanoparticle nanotube

Questions

How do you pronounce fullerene?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʊləɹˌin/.
What does fullerene mean?: Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces.
Where does fullerene come from?: After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene.

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