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From volleyball + -ene but based on fullerene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of a class of compounds, having a cage-like structure based on a fullerene, containing scandium atoms; the simplest of such compounds, Sc₂₀C₆₀ Full definition →
From volleyball + -ene but based on fullerene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.