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Ferro definition

ferō, ferə
Iron.

Ferromagnetic.

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Ferrous iron.

Ferrocyanide.

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Iron.

Ferromagnetic.

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Iron and.

Ferromanganese.

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Containing ferrous iron.

Ferrocyanide.

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Origin of ferro

  • < L ferrum, iron, prob. via Etr < Sem base seen in Heb-Phoen barzel, Assyr parz-illu

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ferrum iron

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ferro Sentence Examples

  • The personal element is conspicuous in the Brazilian journalism, and for a considerable period of its history libellous attacks on persons, signed by professional sponsors, popularly called testas de ferro (iron heads), were admitted at so much a line in the best newspapers.

  • An imperfect solution of the equation x 3 +-- px 2 was discovered by Nicholas Tartalea (Tartaglia) in 1530, and his pride in this achievement led him into conflict with Floridas, who proclaimed his own knowledge of the form resolved by Ferro.

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