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Meaning of "argon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARGON

From Greek, from argos idle, inactive, from a-1 + ergon work.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARGON

argon  [ˈɑːɡɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARGON

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Argon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARGON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Argon

Argon is a chemical element with symbol Ar and atomic number 18. It is in group 18 of the periodic table and is a noble gas. Argon is the third most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere, at 0.93%, making it approximately 23.8 times as abundant as the next most common atmospheric gas, carbon dioxide, and more than 500 times as abundant as the next most common noble gas, neon. Nearly all of this argon is radiogenic argon-40 derived from the decay of potassium-40 in the Earth's crust. In the universe, argon-36 is by far the most common argon isotope, being the preferred argon isotope produced by stellar nucleosynthesis in supernovas. The name "argon" is derived from the Greek word αργον, neuter singular form of αργος meaning "lazy" or "inactive", as a reference to the fact that the element undergoes almost no chemical reactions. The complete octet in the outer atomic shell makes argon stable and resistant to bonding with other elements. Its triple point temperature of 83.8058 K is a defining fixed point in the International Temperature Scale of 1990. Argon is produced industrially by the fractional distillation of liquid air.

Definition of argon in the English dictionary

The definition of argon in the dictionary is an extremely unreactive colourless odourless element of the rare gas series that forms almost 1 per cent of the atmosphere. It is used in electric lights. Symbol: Ar; atomic no: 18; atomic wt: 39.948; density: 1.7837 kg/m³; freezing pt: –189.3°C; boiling pt: –185.9°C.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARGON


Argonne
ˈɑːɡɒn
bygone
ˈbaɪˌɡɒn
Calgon
ˈkælɡɒn
Dagon
ˈdeɪɡɒn
decagon
ˈdɛkəˌɡɒn
doggone
ˈdɒɡɒn
Dorgon
ˈdɔːɡɒn
ergon
ˈɜːɡɒn
estragon
ˈɛstrəˌɡɒn
foregone
fɔːˈɡɒn
forgone
fɔːˈɡɒn
glucagon
ˈɡluːkəˌɡɒn
gone
ɡɒn
pentagon
ˈpɛntəˌɡɒn
polygon
ˈpɒlɪˌɡɒn
Saigon
saɪˈɡɒn
trigon
ˈtraɪɡɒn
trogon
ˈtrəʊɡɒn
woebegone
ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn
Yangon
jæŋˈɡɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARGON

argillite
argillitic
arginase
arginine
Argive
argle
argle-bargle
Argo
Argo Navis
argol
Argolis
Argonaut
Argonautic
Argonne
argonon
Argos
argosies
argosy
argot
argotic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARGON

agon
Aragon
bandwagon
Chinook Jargon
Demogorgon
dragon
fourgon
Gorgon
hexagon
jargon
jump on the bandwagon
octagon
Oregon
paragon
parergon
snapdragon
station wagon
tarragon
the Wagon
wagon

Synonyms and antonyms of argon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «argon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARGON

Find out the translation of argon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of argon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «argon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

argón
570 millions of speakers

English

argon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्गन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأرجون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аргон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

argônio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বায়ুমণ্ডলীয় গ্যাসবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

argon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Argon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Argon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルゴン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아르곤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Argon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất a gon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்கான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्गॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

argon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

argo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

argon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аргон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

argon
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αργού
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

argon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

argon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

argon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of argon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARGON»

The term «argon» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARGON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about argon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARGON»

Discover the use of argon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to argon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Noble Gases: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon
Introduces the Noble Gases and teaches how these elements are connected, found, used, and structured.
Adam Furgang, 2010
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Argon
Explains the characteristics of argon, where it is found, how it is used by humans, and its relationship to other elements found in the periodic table.
Kristi Lew, 2008
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Tables of Thermodynamic Properties of Argon, Nitrogen, and ...
Thermodynamic properties of oxygen and nitrogen plasmas at various pressures and temperatures are presented.
Kenneth Stephen Drellishak, D. P. Aeschliman, Ali Bulent Cambel, 1964
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Ionization Measurements of Argon, Krypton and Xenon Atoms ...
Today lasers can generate terawatts (1012 watts) or even petawatts (1015 watts), of optical power that can be focused down to spots as small as a few microns to generate fields on the order of 1011 V/cm.
Anthony D. DiChiara, 2008
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The Eye of Argon
This is not a hoax. Jim Theis was a real person, who wrote The Eye of Argon in all seriousness as a teenager, and published it in a fanzine, Osfan in 1970. But the story did not pass into the oblivion that awaits most amateur fiction.
Jim Theis, 2007
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Welding: Principles and Applications
ARGON + OXYGEN CARBON DIOXIDE Figure 10-14 Effect of shielding gas on weld bead shape. slope on machines that have a fixed slope. This is done by varying the contact tube-to-work distance. The GMA filler wire is much too small to ...
Larry F. Jeffus, 2002
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Tables of Thermodynamic Properties of Argon from 100 to 3000K̊
Tables of the thermodynamic properties of argon are presented for the temperature range of 100 to3000 K. In the first table, temperature and pressure are the independent variables with the pressure range extending from one to 5000 atm.
Wanda J. Little, 1964
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The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers
A physical, mechanism-based presentation of the plasticity and fracture of polymers, covering industrial scale applications through to nanoscale biofluidic devices.
Ali S. Argon, 2013
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Handbook of Compressed Gases
Diagram of a cryogenic fractional distillation process using molecular sieve to purify the air stream, a double- column system to extract oxygen and nitrogen, and a cryo-argon process to refine argon. Fig. 1-7. The use of compressed gases in ...
Compressed Gas Association, 1999
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Innovations in Food Packaging
Control of oxidation Argon is a much denser gas than nitrogen, being 1.43 times as dense (1.650 vs 1.153kg/m3). As a denser column of matter, argon can thus be made to flow in a laminar fashion, like a liquid, through air space, whereas ...
Jung H. Han, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARGON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term argon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revealed: Positronium's behavior in particle billiards
They found that in the case of helium and hydrogen, the emission of positronium was broadly in line with a small subset of theories; for argon, ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Tour de France 2015, stage three: live
Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), who is in the breakaway for the second successive day, won the first Tour de France jersey of his career earlier ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Germany's Andre Greipel wins rain-soaked second stage of Tour de …
Former Olympian Gervais Rioux says having a Tour de France team ride Argon 18 bikes is a boon for his Montreal company. Rioux says the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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Active Stocks in the News: Rite Aid Corporation, (NYSE:RAD …
The company offers atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases comprising carbon dioxide, ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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Friday's Trade News Alert on: Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE …
The company offers atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases comprising carbon dioxide, ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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Paul Kimmage: Meet Sam Bennett "the prick" who could be Ireland's …
They've changed name this season to Bora-Argon 18 but Bennett's form has Open Gallery 3 They've changed name this season to Bora-Argon ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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transport of large size double and triple glazing
... glazing of large dimensions as well as the type of spacer used and injecting air or argon to fill the space between the glasses "explained the head teacher. «Glass on Web, Jul 15»
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Active Stocks News Analysis: EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ:ETRM …
The company offers atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases comprising carbon dioxide, ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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Tour de France: Froome and Contador hurt main rivals
Irish: 42 Dan Martin - Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team @ 1.28; 66 Sam Benett - Bora-Argon 18 at same time; 93 Nicolas Roche - Team ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Energy-efficient community attracts residents
... with higher-rating materials than required by law, along with the installation of low-E argon windows to minimize energy loss to the outdoors. «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»

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