ˈfeˌrīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin ferr um iron + English -ite
1. : any of several compounds formed usually by treating hydrated ferric oxide with an alkali or by heating ferric oxide with a metallic oxide and regarded in some cases as salts of a ferric hydroxide acting in its capacity of an acid and in other cases as spinels
sodium ferrite NaFeO 2
zinc ferrite ZnFe 2 O 4 has a spinel structure
— called also ferrate, ferrate (III)
2. : a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent