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
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: troop: an orderly crowd
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: hydrochoeridae: capybara
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: plant: buildings for carrying on industrial labor
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: deck-house: a superstructure on the upper deck of a ship
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: menagerie: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: plaster: a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: deflection: the property of being bent or deflected
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: 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
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: uropygium: posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow
Broader: measurement: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Unrelated: bunk: a long trough for feeding cattle