different between allotrope vs buckminsterfullerene

English

Etymology

Back-formation from allotropy, as allo- +? -trope, from Ancient Greek ????? (állos, “other”), and ?????? (trópos, “way, manner”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.l?.t???p/

Noun

allotrope (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element. [from 1847]

   Ozone (O₃) is an allotrope of oxygen, normally O₂

   Note: Different structural forms of a compound are isomers.

2. (linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
3. (philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.

Related terms

• allotropic
• allotropical
• allotropism
• allotropous

Translations

Further reading

• allotrope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

French

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (állos, “other”), and ?????? (trópos, “way, manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.l?.t??p/

Noun

allotrope m (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotrope.

   L’ozone est un allotrope de l’oxygène — Ozone is an allotrope of oxygen.

Adjective

allotrope (plural allotropes)

1. (chemistry) allotropic.

Related terms

• allotropie

German

Adjective

allotrope

1. inflection of allotrop:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Etymology

From the name of Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, +? -ene.

Noun

buckminsterfullerene (plural buckminsterfullerenes)

1. An allotrope of carbon having a hollow molecule consisting of 60 atoms arranged in 12 pentagonal and 20 hexagonal faces to form a truncated icosahedron; the smallest of the fullerenes.

Synonyms

• footballene

See also

• fullerene
• fulleride
• buckyball
• buckytube

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Buckminsterfullerene”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “buckminsterfullerene”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.