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ferroan

ferroan adjective: containing ferrous iron.

Adjective

ferroan (not comparable)

  1. Containing ferrous iron.

Origin of ferroan

From ferro- + -an.

Questions about ferroan

What does ferroan mean?
Ferroan means containing ferrous iron.
What part of speech is ferroan?
Ferroan is an adjective.

Words near ferroan in the dictionary

  1. ferroalloy
  2. ferroalloys
  3. ferroalluaudite
  4. ferroaluminium
  5. ferroaluminum
  6. ferroan
  7. ferroaugite
  8. ferroaxinite
  9. ferrobacteria
  10. ferrobacterium
  11. ferrobarroisite

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