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countable and uncountable, plural ferrites
The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron. quotations examples
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, […]
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!
Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers. quotations examples
The actual hardware is obsolete; for example, the memories are of the old ferrite core type.
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
(inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO22-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it. examples