ferrous
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Adjective
ferrous (comparative more ferrous, superlative most ferrous)
- Of or containing iron.
- (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2.
- Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron: ferrous metals.
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of or containing iron
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chemistry