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argon

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun argon has 1 sense

argon(n = noun.substance) ar, atomic number 18 - a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere; Array

is a kind of chemical element, element, argonon, inert gas, noble gas

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CIDE DICTIONARY

argon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , neut. of inactive; priv. + work.].

A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic gases, etc.; -- so named on account of its inertness by Rayleigh and Ramsay, who prepared and examined it in 1894-95. Symbol, A; at. wt., 39.9. Argon is condensible to a colorless liquid boiling at -186.1Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

argon, n. Chem. an inert gaseous element, of the noble gas group and forming almost 1% of the earth's atmosphere.

Usage

Symb.: Ar.

Etymology

Gk, neut. of argos idle f. a- not + ergon work

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