Main Entry:

ful·ler·ene

Pronunciation:

\ˌfu̇-lə-ˈrēn\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

R. Buckminster Fuller; from the resemblance of the molecules to the geodesic domes designed by Fuller

Date:

1987

: any of a class of closed hollow aromatic carbon compounds whose structures are made up of twelve pentagonal and differing numbers of hexagonal faces ; especially : one having a roughly spherical shape