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relative dating

relative dating noun: a method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock.

Noun

relative dating (plural relative datings)

  1. (uncountable) A method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock.
  2. (countable) An act of so doing.

relative dating meaning in Tamil

relative dating in Tamil

சார்புக் காலக்கணிப்பு

Forms of relative dating

pluralrelative datings

Questions about relative dating

What does relative dating mean?
Relative dating means a method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock.
What is relative dating in Tamil?
Relative dating in Tamil is சார்புக் காலக்கணிப்பு. See Relative dating meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is relative dating?
Relative dating is a noun.
What is the plural of relative dating?
The plural of relative dating is relative datings.

Words near relative dating in the dictionary

  1. relative bearings
  2. relative clause
  3. relative clauses
  4. relative complement
  5. relative complements
  6. relative dating
  7. relative datings
  8. relative densities
  9. relative density
  10. relative error
  11. relative errors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: relative dating (page history and authors); relative dating (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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