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 Definitions of potassium-argon dating  [əˈtæs i əm]  

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Definition of 'potassium-argon dating' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) potassium-argon dating
a method for estimating the age of a mineral or rock, based on measurement of the rate of decay of radioactive potassium into argon.

Etymology:  (1965–70)

Definition of 'potassium-argon dating' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) potassium-argon dating
geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon

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