[1820–30; titani(um) + -ferous]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, karma, phonetic, takeoff, tetrapod-ferous is a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -ferous include: coniferous, pestiferous
Examples of 'titaniferous' in a sentence
titaniferous
They consist mostly of titaniferous magnetite, ilmenite and minor aluminous spinel, apatite, olivine and graphite.
Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent, Lisard Torró, Montgarri Castillo-Oliver, Marc Campeny,Joan Carles Melgarejo, Xavier Llovet, Salvador Galí, Antonio Olimpio Gonçalves 2017, 'Fe–Ti(–V) Oxide Deposits of the Kunene Anorthosite Complex (SW Angola): Mineralogyand Thermo-Oxybarometry', Mineralshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/7/12/246. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)