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noun
- the interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron
- any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers
- (inorganic compound) The anion FeO?22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it
Etymology: ferrum,iron plus suffix -ite
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