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–adjective Chemistry.

of or containing iron, esp. in the bivalent state.

[Origin: 1860–65; < L ferr(um) iron + -ous

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adj. Of or containing iron, especially with valence 2 or a valence lower than in a corresponding ferric compound.

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ferrous

1865, from L. ferreus "made of iron," from ferrum "iron."

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ferrous
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of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric]

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Containing iron, especially iron with a valence of 2. Compare ferric.

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Ferrous

Fer"re*ous\, a. [L. ferreus, fr. ferrum iron. Cf. Farrier, Ferrous.] Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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