Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fullerene

1 sense of fullerene

Sense 1
fullerene -- (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)
       => carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)