ferrite

Meanings

Plural: ferrites

Noun

• a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent
• The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
• Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.
• The anion FeO₂²⁻, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.