Term: radioactive dating: measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
Candidate hypernym: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule → 1
Candidate hypernym: troop: an orderly crowd → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrochoeridae: capybara → 0
Candidate hypernym: plant: buildings for carrying on industrial labor → 0
Candidate hypernym: deck-house: a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship → 0
Candidate hypernym: menagerie: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition → 0
Candidate hypernym: plaster: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings → 0
Candidate hypernym: deflection: the property of being bent or deflected → 0
Candidate hypernym: diffraction grating: optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum → 0
Candidate hypernym: uropygium: posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow → 0
Candidate hypernym: bunk: a long trough for feeding cattle → 0