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buckyball

buck·y·ball [ búkee bàwl ] (plural buck·y·balls)


noun 
Definition:
 
ball-shaped carbon molecule: a stable ball-shaped molecule of carbon fullerene, especially the molecule containing 60 atoms buckminsterfullerene ( informal )

[Late 20th century. <Bucky, nickname of R. Buckminster Fuller]
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