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- noun uncountable A method of determining the
age of objects or material using the decay rates of radioactive components such as potassium-argon. - noun countable An instance of so doing.
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- noun 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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gangerh commented on the word radioactive dating
Plutonic relationship.
Thank you Pat Portfilio.
February 24, 2008