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buckyonion

noun

Etymology

Blend of buck(minsterfullerene) + -y + onion, modelled on earlier buckyball, with reference to the concentric layers of an onion.

  1. derived from ūniōnem
  2. derived from oignon
  3. inherited from onyoun
  4. compounded as buckyonion — “buckminsterfullerene + -y + onion”

Definitions

  1. A concentric multishell fullerene structure.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA