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radioactive dating

ra·di·o·ac·tive date
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv deyt]
    • /ˌreɪ di oʊˈæk tɪv deɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rey-dee-oh-ak-tiv deyt]
    • /ˌreɪ di oʊˈæk tɪv deɪt/

Definitions of radioactive dating words

  • noun radioactive dating any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product. 1
  • noun radioactive dating the determination of the age of an artifact, bone, rock, etc. based on the known rates of decay of radioactive isotopes of various elements 0

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Origin of radioactive dating

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Radioactive dating

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

radioactive dating popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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