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Ah, ok, thanks. But, what makes a buckyball or tube so different that 'bucky' is added?

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"Bucky" is a reference to Buckminster Fuller, an architect who is known for creating the geodesic dome. It's named that because the structure of the atomic bonds resembles that of the structural supports of the dome. To give you a simple example of what it would "look" like, imagine that the bucky ball is a soccer ball. The points where the stiches meet is where the carbon atoms would be, and the lines of stiches would be the bonds between atoms.

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Ah. Thanks, people.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Champions had this too. 10 points. Funny the stuff you remember... </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ih White Wolf, or at least in Mage, its a one or two point Merit.

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One of my favourite words is "defenestrate". It doesn't pop up in books much though. Usually only in action movies or westerns.

edit: another is "antidisestablishmentarianism"

[ July 15, 2004, 09:14: Message edited by: Randallw ]

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Its a new day, so new word. Arrrrrrrgggggggg!

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I opened up the dictionary to look up the definition of defeniwhatit. New word: Bathysphere: A spherical diving bell equipped with windows for deep sea observations.

Dictionary doesn't have defenestrate.

[ July 15, 2004, 10:15: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">ah well then you need more clues. As I said it happens in action movies and westerns. Die hard is an action movie where it happened. It seems every time a fight breaks out in a bar it happens.

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Well, I remember the word defenestrate from a book I read. It means to throw out the window. So in a fight, somebody picks up a guy and throws him out the window.

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Threads like this discombobulate me. But I'm a trooper, so I'll join the fun none the less. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

edit: P.S. This word of the day thing is nice, but it would be even better if the word was used in a sentance to show that it can be used in more than just a 'list of ingredients'.

[ July 15, 2004, 11:37: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]