ARGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does argon mean? 

• ARGON (noun)
  The noun ARGON has 1 sense:

1. a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere

  Familiarity information: ARGON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Ar; argon; atomic number 18

Hypernyms ("argon" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

argonon; inert gas; noble gas (any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table)

Holonyms ("argon" is a substance of...):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

 Context examples 

A mass spectrometry technique that uses inductively-coupled plasma generated from argon gas to atomize and ionize a sample.

(Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

A spectrometer in which a sample is introduced, either by spraying or ultrasonic nebulization, into inductively-coupled plasma generated from argon gas.

(Inductively-Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer, NCI Thesaurus)

A cryoprobe is cooled with substances such as liquid nitrogen, liquid nitrous oxide, or compressed argon gas.

(Cryoablation, NCI Dictionary)

A non-contact form of electrocoagulation in which high-frequency electric current is delivered via ionized argon gas to cause coagulation and destruction of tissue.

(Argon Plasma Coagulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure that destroys tissue with an electrical current passed through a stream of argon gas to the tissue.

(Argon beam coagulator ablation, NCI Dictionary)

A mixture of gases making up the earth's atmosphere, consisting mainly of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide.

(Air, NCI Thesaurus)