amino-acid dating

[ uh-mee-noh as-id, am-uh-noh- ]

noun
  1. a method used to date an organic geological or archaeological specimen, as a fossil or mummified body, by determining how much change has occurred in the amino-acid structure of that specimen.

Origin of amino-acid dating

1
First recorded in 1970–75

Words Nearby amino-acid dating

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