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POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium-argon dating mean?
• POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING (noun)
The noun POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING has 1 sense:
1. geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
Familiarity information: POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("potassium-argon dating" is a kind of...):
dating; geological dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)
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