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potassium–argon

adjective

Definition of POTASSIUM-ARGON

:  being or relating to a method of dating paleontological or geological materials based on the radioactive decay of potassium to argon that has taken place in a specimen
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First Known Use of POTASSIUM-ARGON

1953

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