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See also: Ferrite

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Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin ferrum (“iron”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹaɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

ferrite (countable and uncountable, plural ferrites)

  1. The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!‎:
      Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]
  2. 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      The actual hardware is obsolete; for example, the memories are of the old ferrite core type.
  3. (inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.

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ferrite m (plural ferrites)

  1. ferrite

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Italian

Noun

ferrite f (plural ferriti)

  1. ferrite (class of iron oxides)

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