AMINO-ACID DATING


Meaning of AMINO-ACID DATING in English

/euh mee"noh as"id, am"euh noh'-/

a method used to date an organic geological or archaeological specimen, as a fossil or mummified body, by determining how much change has occurred in the amino-acid structure of that specimen.

[ 1970-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .