dendrochronology

noun

The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.

UncommonScrabble 27

Meanings

noundendrochronology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablearchaeologyThe science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dóruredup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*der-drew-om?
  3. Ancient Greekδένδρον (déndron)
  4. Englishdendr-
  5. Englishdendro-
  6. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  7. Englishchrono-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. Englishchronology
  13. Englishdendrochronology

From dendro- + chronology.

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Translations

Arabic علم تحديد أعمار الأشجار
  • علم تحديد أعمار الأشجارscience of counting tree rings
Basque dendrokronologia
  • dendrokronologiascience of counting tree rings
Bengali ডেনড্রোক্রোনোলজি
  • ডেনড্রোক্রোনোলজি (ḍenḍrōkrōnōloji)science of counting tree rings
Bulgarian дендрохронология
  • дендрохронология (dendrohronologija)science of counting tree rings
Catalan dendrocronologia
  • dendrocronologiascience of counting tree rings
Chinese Mandarin 樹木年代學 /树木年代学, 年輪年代學 /年轮年代学
  • 樹木年代學 /树木年代学 (shùmù niándàixué)science of counting tree rings
  • 年輪年代學 /年轮年代学 (niánlún niándàixué)science of counting tree rings
  • 樹輪年代學 /树轮年代学 (shùlún niándàixué)science of counting tree rings
Czech dendrochronologie
  • dendrochronologiescience of counting tree rings
Danish dendrokronologi, træringskronologi
  • dendrokronologiscience of counting tree rings
  • træringskronologiscience of counting tree rings
Dutch dendrochronologie
  • dendrochronologiescience of counting tree rings
Esperanto dendrokronologio
  • dendrokronologioscience of counting tree rings
Estonian dendrokronoloogia
  • dendrokronoloogiascience of counting tree rings
Finnish dendrokronologia, vuosirengasajoitus
  • dendrokronologiascience of counting tree rings
  • vuosirengasajoitusscience of counting tree rings
French dendrochronologie
  • dendrochronologiescience of counting tree rings
German Dendrochronologie
  • Dendrochronologiescience of counting tree rings
Greek δενδροχρονολόγηση
  • δενδροχρονολόγηση (dendrochronológisi)science of counting tree rings
Hebrew דֶּנְדְּרוֹכְּרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה
  • דֶּנְדְּרוֹכְּרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (dendrokronológya)science of counting tree rings
Hindi वृक्षवलय कालक्रम
  • वृक्षवलय कालक्रम (vŕkṣavlay kālakram)science of counting tree rings
Hungarian dendrokronológia
  • dendrokronológiascience of counting tree rings
Icelandic árhringjatímatal, trjáhringjatímatal
  • árhringjatímatalscience of counting tree rings
  • trjáhringjatímatalscience of counting tree rings
Indonesian dendrokronologi
  • dendrokronologiscience of counting tree rings
Irish crann-chróineolaíocht, deindreacróineolaíocht
  • crann-chróineolaíochtscience of counting tree rings
  • deindreacróineolaíochtscience of counting tree rings
Italian dendrocronologia
  • dendrocronologiascience of counting tree rings
Japanese 年輪年代学
  • 年輪年代学 (nenrin'nendaigaku)science of counting tree rings
Korean 연륜연대학
  • 연륜연대학 (yeollyunyeondaehak)science of counting tree rings
Latin dendrochronologia
  • dendrochronologiascience of counting tree rings
Latvian dendrohronoloģija
  • dendrohronoloģijascience of counting tree rings
Lithuanian dendrochronologija
  • dendrochronologijascience of counting tree rings
Norwegian Bokmål dendrokronologi, treringdatering
  • dendrokronologiscience of counting tree rings
  • treringdateringscience of counting tree rings
  • årringdateringscience of counting tree rings
Persian درختگاهشماری
  • درختگاهشماریscience of counting tree rings
Polish dendrochronologia
  • dendrochronologiascience of counting tree rings
Portuguese dendrocronologia
  • dendrocronologiascience of counting tree rings
Romanian dendrocronologie
  • dendrocronologiescience of counting tree rings
Russian де́ндрохроноло́гия
  • де́ндрохроноло́гия (dɛ́ndroxronológija)science of counting tree rings
Slovak dendrochronológia
  • dendrochronológiascience of counting tree rings
Spanish dendrocronología
  • dendrocronologíascience of counting tree rings
Swedish dendrokronologi
  • dendrokronologiscience of counting tree rings
Thai กาลานุกรมต้นไม้
  • กาลานุกรมต้นไม้ (gaa-laa-nú-grom dtôn mái)science of counting tree rings
Turkish dendrokronoloji
  • dendrokronolojiscience of counting tree rings
Ukrainian дендрохроноло́гія
  • дендрохроноло́гія (dendroxronolóhija)science of counting tree rings
Yiddish דענדראָכראָנאָלאָגיע
  • דענדראָכראָנאָלאָגיע (dendrokhronologye)science of counting tree rings
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