dendrochronologyn.
/ˌdɛndrəʊkrəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌdɛndroʊkrəˈnɑlədʒi/ The science of arranging events in the order of time by the comparative study of the annual growth rings in (ancient) timber.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > branches of chronology
synchronology1736
geochronology1893
dendrochronology1928
biochronology1934
geochronometry1953
the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > trees > dendrochronology
dendrochronology1928
tree-ring analysis1946
tree-ring dating1946
1928 A. E. Douglass Climatic Cycles & Tree-growth II. 5 We are measuring the lapse of time by means of a slow-geared clock within the trees. For this study the name ‘dendro-chronology’ has been suggested, or ‘tree-time’. This expression covers all the dating and historic problems..as well as the study of cyclic variations and the distribution of climatic conditions.
1937 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 3 321 The modern ways of pollen-analysis, geochronology and dendrochronology must be applied to settle geologically, once for all, the cultural correlations with Scotland.
Derivatives
ˌdendrochronoˈlogical adj.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adjective] > branches of chronology or methods of dating
geochronological1815
synchronological1836
Montelian1937
rubidium–strontium1941
dendrochronological1959
age-dated1984
the world > plants > botany > [adjective] > specific parts or types of plants > trees > dendrochronology
dendrochronological1959
1959 Antiquity 33 238 Undateable except by a rough and ready guesswork calculation from dendrochronological dates.
ˌdendrochronoˈlogically adv.
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the world > plants > botany > [adverb] > in relation to dendrochronology
dendrochronologically1969
the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [adverb] > in the manner of branches of chronology
dendrochronologically1969
1969 Nature 15 Nov. 682/1 Radiocarbon measurements carried out on dendrochronologically dated wood samples.
ˌdendrochroˈnologist n.
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the world > time > reckoning of time > chronology > [noun] > recorder of time and events
chroniclera1387
computista1398
compotister1413
chronographer1548
chronologera1572
chronicle-writer1577
chronologist1611
chroniclist1620
datary1655
timist1684
chronist1870
dendrochronologist1937
the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > trees > dendrochronology > one who
dendrochronologist1937
1937 Geogr. Jrnl. 89 407 A dendrochronologist is a man who investigates the climate of the past by measuring the rings of trees.
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