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年代測定 (nendaisokutei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

年ねん代だい測そく定てい

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Meanings

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age determination; dating

Technical term used in archaeology, geology, and related fields for determining the age of an object or material.

放ほう射しゃ性せい炭たん素そ年ねん代だい測そく定ていは考こう古こ学がくで

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Radiocarbon dating is often used in archaeology.

この化か石せきの年ねん代だい測そく定ていにはウラン系けい列れつ法ほうが用もちいられた。

Uranium-series dating was used to determine the age of this fossil.

Kanji

年year, counter for years
代substitute, change, convert
測fathom, plan, scheme
定determine, fix, establish

Related words

年ねん代だい
年代 means 'age' or 'era', while 年代測定 specifically refers to the scientific process of determining that age.
測そく定てい
測定 means 'measurement' in general; 年代測定 narrows it to age measurement.

Word family

放ほう射しゃ性せい炭たん素そ年ねん代だい測そく定てい
radiocarbon dating; carbon-14 dating

Built from

年ねん代だい+測そく定てい

Etymology

Compound of 年代 (age, era) and 測定 (measurement). The term is a modern technical coinage, likely influenced by Western scientific terminology.