RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubidium-strontium dating mean? 

• RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING (noun)
  The noun RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING has 1 sense:

1. geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years

  Familiarity information: RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING (noun)

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Meaning:

Geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years

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Hypernyms ("rubidium-strontium dating" is a kind of...):

dating; geological dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)