POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING

Meaning of POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING in English

/peuh tas"ee euhm ahr'gon/ , Geol.

a method for estimating the age of a mineral or rock, based on measurement of the rate of decay of radioactive potassium into argon.

[ 1965-70 ]

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POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING — Method for determining the age of igneous rocks based on the amount of argon-40 in the rock. Radioactive potassium-40 decays …
Английский словарь Британика
POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING — method of determining the time of origin of rocks by measuring the ratio of radioactive argon to radioactive potassium in …
Britannica English vocabulary
POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING — Method for determining the age of igneous rocks based on the amount of argon-40 in the rock. Radioactive potassium-40 decays …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING — датирование калий-аргоновым методом
Англо-Русский физический словарь
POTASSIUM — (-tás-) n potassium
Interlingua English vocab
ARGON — (ár-) n [(Chem.] argon
Interlingua English vocab
POTASSIUM — kalium
English interlingue dictionary
POTASSIUM — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, from potassa potash, from English potash Date: circa 1807 a silver-white soft light …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARGON — noun see: work Date: 1894 a colorless odorless inert gaseous element found in the air and in volcanic gases and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POTASSIUM — Chemical element , one of the alkali metal s, chemical symbol K, atomic number 19. It is a soft, silvery …
Английский словарь Британика
DATING — I In geology and archaeology, the process of determining an object's or event's place within a chronological scheme. Scientists may …
Английский словарь Британика
ARGON — Chemical element , chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18. Colourless, odourless, and tasteless, it is the most abundant of the …
Английский словарь Британика
POTASSIUM — pəˈtasēəm, pōˈ-, -aas- sometimes -syəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from potassa + -ium : a silver-white soft …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DATING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of date (III) : an extension of credit by postdating of a bill …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARGON — ˈärˌgän, ˈȧg- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek, neuter of argos idle, lazy, from a- a- (II) + ergon work …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — (n.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals …
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DATING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Date
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ARGON — (n.) A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic …
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ARGON — (n.) A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.
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POTASSIUM — ( n. ) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DATING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Date
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARGON — ( n. ) A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — /peuh tas"ee euhm/ , n. Chem. a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARGON — /ahr"gon/ , n. Chem. a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — n. (K) silver-white metallic element (Chemistry)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ARGON — n. gaseous chemical element found in air and volcanic gases
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POTASSIUM — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin, from potassa potash, from English potash Date: circa 1807 : a silver-white soft …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARGON — noun Etymology: Greek, neuter of argos idle, lazy, from a- + ergon work; from its relative inertness — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTASSIUM — noun an alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals …
Webster English vocab
DATING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of date.
Webster English vocab
ARGON — noun a substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. 2. argon ·add. …
Webster English vocab
POTASSIUM — [ pə'tasɪəm ] ■ noun the chemical element of atomic number 19, a soft silvery-white reactive metal of the alkali-metal …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARGON — [ 'α:gɒn ] ■ noun the chemical element of atomic number 18, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POTASSIUM — [po.tas.si.um] n, often attrib [NL, fr. potassa potash, fr. E potash] (ca. 1807): a silver-white soft light low-melting univalent metallic …
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ARGON — [ar.gon] n [Gk, neut. of argos idle, lazy, fr. a- + ergon work; fr. its relative inertness--more at work] (ca. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POTASSIUM — (K), chemical element of Group Ia of the periodic table, the alkali metal group, indispensable for life. Potassium was the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DATING — in geology, determining a chronology or calendar of events in the history of the Earth, using to a large degree …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARGON — (Ar), chemical element, inert gas of Group 0 (noble gases) of the periodic table, terrestrially the most abundant and industrially …
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POTASSIUM — potassium BrE AmE pə ˈtæs i‿əm ▶ po ˌ tassium ˈ cyanide BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARGON — argon BrE AmE ˈɑːɡ ɒn - ə n AmE \ ˈɑːrɡ ɑːn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — / pəˈtæsiəm; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( symb K ) a chemical element. Potassium is a soft silver-white …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARGON — / ˈɑːgɒn; NAmE ˈɑːrgɑːn/ noun [ U ] ( symb Ar ) a chemical element. Argon is a gas that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — po ‧ tas ‧ si ‧ um /pəˈtæsiəm/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Modern Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ARGON — ar ‧ gon /ˈɑːɡɒn $ ˈɑːrɡɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: argos 'lazy' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POTASSIUM — n. Chem. a soft silver-white metallic element occurring naturally in seawater and various minerals, an essential element for living organisms, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ARGON — n. Chem. an inert gaseous element, of the noble gas group and forming almost 1% of the earth's atmosphere. °Symb.: …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POTASSIUM — n. Chem. a soft silver-white metallic element occurring naturally in seawater and various minerals, an essential element for living organisms, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ARGON — n. Chem. an inert gaseous element, of the noble gas group and forming almost 1% of the earth's atmosphere. °Symb.: …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — n. Chem. a soft silver-white metallic element occurring naturally in seawater and various minerals, an essential element for living organisms, …
Oxford English vocab
ARGON — n. Chem. an inert gaseous element, of the noble gas group and forming almost 1% of the earth's atmosphere. Usage: …
Oxford English vocab
POTASSIUM — Potassium is a soft silvery-white chemical element, which occurs mainly in compounds. These compounds are used in making such things …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DATING — Dating agencies or services are for people who are trying to find a girlfriend or boyfriend. I joined a dating …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARGON — Argon is an inert gas which exists in very small amounts in the atmosphere. It is used in electric lights. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTASSIUM — Potassium is a soft silvery-white chemical element, which occurs mainly in compounds. These compounds are used in making such things …
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DATING — Dating agencies or services are for people who are trying to find a girlfriend or boyfriend. I joined a ~ …
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ARGON — Argon is an inert gas which exists in very small amounts in the atmosphere. It is used in electric lights. …
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POTASSIUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN chloride ▪ Inorganic salts such as sodium chloride , potassium chloride and potassium iodide …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARGON — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In this case, it is the formation of the rock through volcanic activity, which drives …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARGON — [noun] [U] - a gas which is found in the air and is sometimes used to make electric lights
Cambridge English vocab
POTASSIUM — n. Chemical element , one of the alkali metal s, chemical symbol K, atomic number 19. It is a soft, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DATING — n. carbon 14 dating radiocarbon dating fission track dating helium dating lead 210 dating potassium argon dating rubidium strontium dating …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DATING — n. In geology and archaeology, the process of determining an object's or event's place within a chronological scheme. Scientists may …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ARGON — n. Chemical element , chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18. Colourless, odourless, and tasteless, it is the most abundant of …
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DATING — noun
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