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Meaning of radiometric dating | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Synonym of radioactive dating.

Examples

“Perhaps the most significant achievement of radiometric dating over the past two decades has been to provide an absolute calibration, in years, for the traditional sedimentary time scale.”
“Radiometric dating of Moon rocks and meteorites has enabled us to determine that the age of the Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years.”
“For various reasons, we have discarded the radiometric datings obtained in minero-metallurgical regions of Huelva province:[…].”
“The first is radiometric dating of meteorites and rocks from the surface of the moon.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

radiometric magnitude Radiometry radiomicrometer radiomics radiomimetic radiomitigation

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