graphene

noun
/ˈɡɹæf.iːn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graph(ite) French -ènebor. English -ene English graphene From graph(ite) + -ene.

  1. derived from -ènebor
  2. derived from -itebor
  3. derived from -ītēsbor
  4. derived from *-tósder

Definitions

  1. Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.

  2. An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon,…

    An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

    • As a microbullet impacts the graphene, the diameter of the cone it creates – determined by later examination of the petals – provides a way to measure how much energy the graphene absorbs before breaking.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for graphene. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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