English noun: dating | |||
| 1. | dating (act) use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens | ||
| Synonyms | geological dating | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chemical analysis, qualitative analysis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carbon dating, carbon-14 dating, potassium-argon dating, radiocarbon dating, rubidium-strontium dating | ||