amino-acid dating
[ uh-mee-noh as-id, am-uh-noh- ]
noun
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
1First recorded in 1970–75
Words Nearby amino-acid dating
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