tree ring
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tree ring
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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They will use dendrochronology, also known as tree ring dating, where the rings in the wood are counted to establish the age of a tree.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
The researchers compared early instrumental data with a large-scale tree ring dataset and found the 19th century temperature baseline used to contextualise global warming is several tenths of a degree Celsius colder than previously thought.
From Science Daily • May 14, 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
There she stood whose burning beauty Made the world's high roof tree ring, A white poppy tall and wind-blown In the garden of the king.
From Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea by Carman, Bliss
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