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☆ radioactive dating

the determination of the age of an artifact, bone, rock, etc. based on the known rates of decay of radioactive isotopes of various elements

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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