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radioactive dating

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radioactive dating: see dating dating, the determination of the age of an object, of a natural phenomenon, or of a series of events. There are two basic types of dating methods, relative and absolute.
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radioactive dating [¦rād·ē·ō′ak·tiv ′dād·iŋ]
(nucleonics)
radiometric dating


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