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potassium-argon
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po·tas·si·um-ar·gon
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pə-tăs
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ē-əm-är
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gŏn
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adj.
Of, relating to, or being a geologic dating method relying on the percentage of potassium in a specimen that has radioactively decayed to argon.
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