ferrico — meaning in English

English meaning

• ferric adj Relating to or containing iron.
• ferrous adj Containing or relating to iron.
• iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.

Senses

ferrico is used for these senses in English:

• ferric (chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +3.
• ferrous Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)
• iron (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

ferric — full definition

1. adj Relating to or containing iron.
2. adj Describing an iron compound in which iron has a charge of +3.

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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