年ねん代だい測そく定てい法ほう

noun

dating method; age determination technique

Technical term used in archaeology, geology, and related fields for methods that estimate the age of artifacts, fossils, or geological features.

• 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法ほうは考こう古こ学がくでよく使つかわれる。

  Radiocarbon dating is often used in archaeology.

• この化か石せきの年ねん代だいは、年ねん代だい測そく定てい法ほうによって約やく1いち万まん年ねん前まえと推すい定ていされた。

  The age of this fossil was estimated to be about 10,000 years using a dating method.