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Ferrous

//ˈfɛɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or containing iron.

    "ferrous metals"

  2. 2
    Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.
  3. 3
    Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)

    "ferrous metals"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or containing iron wordnet

Etymology

From Latin ferrum (“iron”).

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