Etymology

multiferroic

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Today it means: Having multiple ferroic properties (e.g. both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic) Full definition →

English ferroic ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī
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  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Englishferroic
  7. English todaymultiferroic

From multi- + ferroic.

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