Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potassium-argon dating

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: potas-si-um-ar-gon -dat-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of estimating the age of igneous rocks or of archaeological objects by measuring the amount of argon that has built up through the radioactive decay of potassium.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

potassium-argon datings (plural)

Questions

What does potassium-argon dating mean?: A method of estimating the age of igneous rocks or of archaeological objects by measuring the amount of argon that has built up through the radioactive decay of potassium.

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