iarnúil — meaning in English

English meaning

• ferrous adj Containing or relating to iron.

Senses

iarnúil is used for these senses in English:

• ferrous (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.
• ferrous Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)

ferrous — full definition

1. adj Containing or relating to iron.
2. adj In chemistry, describing iron compounds where the iron has a +2 charge.

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