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Word: ferrite (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • 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 FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ''ferrous acid'') derived from it
  • the interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron

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