buckyball
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of buckyball
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“You could argue it wasn’t any of our areas of interest,” James R. Heath, a graduate student of Dr. Smalley’s who performed many of the buckyball experiments, said in an interview.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
While Dr. Kroto and Dr. Smalley pursued further buckyball research, Dr. Curl soon moved on to other areas of interest.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
The buckyball discovery also was key in the development of nanotubes, essentially graphite rolled into atomic-level cylinders, used as super-efficient pathways for electricity and thermal exchange.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
The buckyball molecule has potential applications in drug delivery, computing and high-speed transportation.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2016
Other items on the buckyball wish list include tiny ball bearings, featherweight batteries and wires perhaps only one molecule thick.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
