ferrite

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹaɪt/

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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!‎^[1]:

     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     The actual hardware is obsolete; for example, the memories are of the old ferrite core type.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 FeO₂^2-, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.

• TERFier, firtree, terfier

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ferrite m (plural ferrites)

1. ferrite

• “ferrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ferrite f (plural ferriti)

1. ferrite (class of iron oxides)

• feretri, referti