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nucleocosmochronology

noun

  1. the use of the abundances of radioactive nuclear species and their radiogenic decay daughters to establish the finite age of the elements and the time scale for their formation
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English cosmochronology English nucleocosmochronology From nucleo- + cosmochronology.

  1. A technique for estimating the age of astronomical objects by measuring the relative abundances of isotopes