geological dating

1. 1.

   use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

   Synonymsdating

   Broaderchemical analysis

   Narrowerpotassium-argon datingradiocarbon datingrubidium-strontium dating

Questions about geological dating

What does geological dating mean?

geological dating means "use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens".

What is another word for geological dating?

Close synonyms include dating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is geological dating a common word?

geological dating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.