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buckyball

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buck·y·ball  (bk-bôl)
n.
A molecule of buckminsterfullerene.
[Shortening and alteration of buckminsterfullerene + ball.]
buckyball  (bk-bôl)
See buckminsterfullerene.
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Noun1.buckyball - a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene
buckminsterfullerene
fullerene - a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms


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