Associations to the word «Ferrite»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

FERRITE, noun. A solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats