[Iansidious]

This topic will be as the title says. If I can everyday I will select a word for the day. It make us all smarter and is fun. I will pick words that are different, unusual, or old and no longer used. If you have a word you would like to see let me know and I will try to make it the word of the day. In the end lets try to keep this alive for a little while. On to the words!


Today's Word is:

Buckminsterfullerene
form of carbon found in minerals: a stable form of carbon containing 60 carbon atoms


[Late 20th century. From the molecule’s resemblance to the geodesic dome structure invented by the U.S. architect R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983).]