tree ring
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tree ring
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Researchers have discovered evidence in tree ring data from fossilised wood that suggests we could get events perhaps ten times larger than the Carrington event.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
A laboratory measurement method can then be used to determine how much 14C is still contained in a particular tree ring and thus calculate the tree's approximate time of death over the known half-life.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
The average temperature from June through August 2023 was 2.20 degrees Celsius warmer than the average summer temperature between the years 1 and 1890, according to the researchers’ tree ring data.
From New York Times • May 14, 2024
For the majority of climate research, scientists could only measure short-term climate fluctuations from over hundreds of years ago using tree ring records.
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024
I feel this--and my mother's words, as she met me by the olive tree, ring in my ear.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
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