different between pentagonal vs buckminsterfullerene

English

Etymology

pentagon +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?n?tæ??n?l/

Adjective

pentagonal (comparative more pentagonal, superlative most pentagonal)

1. Of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

pentàgon +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

pentagonal (masculine and feminine plural pentagonals)

1. pentagonal

French

Etymology

From pentagone +? -al

Adjective

pentagonal (feminine singular pentagonale, masculine plural pentagonaux, feminine plural pentagonales)

1. pentagonal

Further reading

• “pentagonal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Adjective

pentagonal m or f (plural pentagonais, comparable)

1. pentagonal (of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon)

Related terms

• pentágono

Spanish

Etymology

pentágono +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

pentagonal (plural pentagonales)

1. pentagonal

   Synonym: pentágono

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.