Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnetiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mag-netif-er-ous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing or conducting magnetism

Dated

adj

Containing magnetite

Example Sentences

"First, second and third base magnetiferous strips 70, 72 and 74 may be magnets. However, the inventor has found it more convenient to form these base magnetiferous strips of material that conducts magnetism and place between these strips two magnets 80, 82."
"The ore is a richly magnetiferous Pochuck gneiss."
"Observations by Ball and myself in Colorado show that in the case of magnetiferous granites, the magnetite was a mineral of the pegmatite stage."

Etymology

From magneti- + -ferous, from magnet or magnetite.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: magneti
Suffix: ferous

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more magnetiferous (comparative) most magnetiferous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

magnesiferous magniferous manganiferous

Synonyms

magnetic magnetitic

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does magnetiferous mean?: Producing or conducting magnetism
Where does magnetiferous come from?: From magneti- + -ferous, from magnet or magnetite.

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