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radiometric age

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

The age of a material as determined by radiometric dating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: archaeology, biology, geography, geology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

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  • 2001, Allen H. Andrews, Erica J. Burton, Kenneth H. Coale, Gregor M. Cailliet, Roy E. Crabtree, Radiometric age validation of Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus, Fishery Bulletin, Volume 99, Issue 3, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, page 394, For older age groups and individual cores, annulus-derived age was higher than radiometric age by as much as 21.8 years and lower than radiometric age by as much as 23 years.

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  • German: radiometrisches Alter — age determined by radiometric dating