ferro-
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ferro-
- (chemistry) ferrous:
- Iron (the metal).
- Synonym: ferri-
- Iron of oxidation number 2.
- Coordinate term: ferri-
- Iron (the metal).
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Finnish edit
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Internationalism (see English ferro-).
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ferro-
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- “ferro-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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ferro-
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From chemin de fer (literally “iron paths”).
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ferro-
- Relating to railways
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ferro-
- ferro-
- forms terms relating to railways/railroads
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ferro-
- ferro-
- ferro- + magnetyzm → ferromagnetyzm
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- ferro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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From ferrum (“iron”). The "railroad" sense comes from ferrocarril (“railroad”, literally “iron path”).
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ferro-
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- “ferro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014