Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Radioactive dating

Arabic translation:

تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي

Added to glossary by Shazly
Dec 16, 2005 11:23
18 yrs ago
English term

Radioactive dating

English to Arabic Science Physics
Has to do with the following :Physical measurements, Time measurements, and Geochronometry.
I am not quite sure, is it تحديد زمن or تاريخ?
And how is that relevant to Radioactive which means إشعاعي النشاط or إشعاعي الفاعلية ?

Much obliged everyone :)

Proposed translations

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تحديد عمر المواد عن طريق النشاط الإشعاعي

A technique for estimating the age of material, such as rock, based on the known initial isotopic composition and the known rate of radioactive decay for unstable isotopes originally present.

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agree Sami Khamou
1 hr
agree Saleh Ayyub
5 hrs
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قياس عمر المواد باستخدام الأثر الإشعاعى

determining age using radioactive decay rates: a method of determining the age of objects or material using the decay rates of radioactive components such as potassium-argon
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