ferrous
adj/ˈfɛɹəs/
Etymology From Latin ferrum (“iron”).
1
Of or containing iron.
- ferrous metals
- ferrous scrap
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.
3
Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)
- ferrous metals
- Antonyms
- nonferrous
- Derived terms
- carbon-ferrous, diferrous, ferrous carbonate, ferrous chloride, ferrous ferricyanide, ferrous fumarate, ferrous oxide, ferrous phosphate, ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate, ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide, monoferrous, non-ferrous, oxyferrous
- Related terms
- ferritic