单词	dendrochronology
释义	dendrochronology noun den·​dro·​chro·​nol·​o·​gy ˌden-(ˌ)drō-krə-ˈnä-lə-jē  : the science of dating events and variations in environment in former periods by comparative study of growth rings in trees and aged wood dendrochronological ˌden-(ˌ)drō-ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl  -ˌkrō- adjective dendrochronologically ˌden-(ˌ)drō-ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē  -ˌkrō- adverb dendrochronologist ˌden-(ˌ)drō-krə-ˈnä-lə-jist  noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web So researchers turned to dendrochronology — the dating of objects by the growth rings in timber — and a chainsaw. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022 The word was modeled on dendrochronology, the dating of trees by their annual growth rings. Steven N. Austad, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022 Then the work of interpreting the language of the wood got going in earnest, using dendrochronology, a range of scientific techniques developed in the course of a century. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 Jonathan Barichivich, a scientist from Chile who specializes in dendrochronology, and his colleague Antonio Lara announced their findings last month. Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Researchers typically calculate a tree’s age with a process known as dendrochronology, which involves counting the number of rings in the tree’s trunk. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 One afternoon, in the early nineteen-twenties, Douglass gave a talk about dendrochronology. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 May 2022 The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is the world’s oldest dendrochronology lab, and still one of the most renowned. Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2021 Earlier in this century, an individual Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) in California’s White Mountains was dated using tree-ring analysis, or dendrochronology, and found to be more than 5,000 years old. Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 24 Dec. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1928, in the meaning defined above
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