ferrite
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See also: Ferrite
English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin ferrum (“iron”) + -ite.
Pronunciation
Noun
ferrite (countable and uncountable, plural ferrites)
- 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.
- 1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:
- The actual hardware is obsolete; for example, the memories are of the old ferrite core type.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.
Derived terms
Translations
allotrope of iron
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
ferrite m (plural ferrites)
Further reading
- “ferrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Noun
ferrite f (plural ferriti)
- ferrite (class of iron oxides)