measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
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radioactive dating::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration |
Examples of radioactive dating
radioactive dating
In recent years, scientists have tackled such mysteries by means of radioactive dating.
From the time.com
Dating using extinct radioactivities is different from conventional radioactive dating.
From the newscientist.com
Everything from laser mapping to radioactive dating has been added to the spadework that once defined archaeology.
From the usatoday.com
This idea became popular before Darwin's book on evolution and long before any radioactive dating methods were available.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The potassium-argon radioactive dating method shows the crater was created within a gnat's whisker of the extinction.
From the economist.com
These figures were corrected in 1907 when radioactive dating of rocks showed that the Earth was billions of years old.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The report concluded that radioactive dating was the only reliable means of pinning down geological time scales.
From the en.wikipedia.org
So far, radioactive dating for this area has measured carbon-14 in coal formed from vegetation burnt by lava during eruptions.
From the sciencedaily.com
The team will collect samples from lava flows around the site and take them back to their laboratories in Orsay and Montreal for radioactive dating.
From the sciencedaily.com
