"ferrous" meaning in English

See ferrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛɹəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ferrous.wav Forms: more ferrous [comparative], most ferrous [superlative]
enPR: fĕr'əs Rhymes: -ɛɹəs Etymology: From Latin ferrum (“iron”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ferrum||iron}} Latin ferrum (“iron”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ferrous (comparative more ferrous, superlative most ferrous)
  1. Of or containing iron. Translations (of or containing iron): حَدِيدِيّ (ḥadīdiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), երկաթյա (erkatʻya) (Armenian), երկաթե (erkatʻe) (Armenian), тимер (timer) (Bashkir), houarn (Breton), houarnek (Breton), желе́зен (želézen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ferrós (Catalan), 鐵製的 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁制的 (Chinese Mandarin), jern- (Danish), ijzeren (Dutch), jarn- (Faroese), rautainen (Finnish), ferreux [masculine] (French), eisern (German), eisenhaltig (German), σιδερένιος (siderénios) [masculine] (Greek), fera (Ido), ferree (Interlingua), iarnaí (Irish), iarnda (Irish), iarnúil (Irish), ferreo (Italian), ferroso (Italian), ferrico (Italian), (tetsu) (alt: てつ) (Japanese), ferreus (Latin), dzelzs- (Latvian), geležinis (Lithuanian), железен (železen) [masculine] (Macedonian), ferus (Malay), rino (Maori), whairino (Maori), jern- (Norwegian), jernholdig (Norwegian), żelazny [masculine] (Polish), férreo (Portuguese), ferroso (Portuguese), желе́зный (želéznyj) (Russian), željezan (Serbo-Croatian), železan (Serbo-Croatian), železný (Slovak), темирлӱ (temirlü) (Southern Altai), férreo (Spanish), férrico (Spanish), ferroso (Spanish), järn- (Swedish), залі́зний (zalíznyj) (Ukrainian), ȧjzera (Vilamovian)
    Sense id: en-ferrous-en-adj-CzymsyQ2 Disambiguation of 'of or containing iron': 91 4 5
  2. (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Iron, Metals Translations (chemistry): ferrós (Catalan), železnatý (Czech), iarnúil (Irish), żelazawy (Polish), ferroso (Portuguese), ferroso (Spanish), ferro- (Swedish)
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  3. Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron: ferrous metals.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ferric, ferryl
Derived forms: carbon-ferrous, ferrous chloride, ferrous ferricyanide, ferrous fumarate, ferrous oxide, ferrous phosphate, ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate, ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide, non-ferrous
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      "word": "ferrous phosphate"
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      "word": "ferrous sulfate"
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      "word": "ferrous sulphate"
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      "sense": "of or containing iron",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or containing iron",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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