Meanings
noungeochronometry (usually uncountable, plural geochronometries)
plural geochronometries
- uncountableusuallygeographythe science of the measurement of the age of rocks etc. based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Englishgeo-
- Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
- Englishchrono-
- Englishgeochronometry
Translations
German Geochronometrie
- Geochronometriethe science of the measurement of the ages of rocks based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
Irish geocrónaiméadracht
- geocrónaiméadrachtthe science of the measurement of the ages of rocks based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
Portuguese geocronometria
- geocronometriathe science of the measurement of the ages of rocks based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes
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Cite this entry
APA
geochronometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochronometry
MLA
“geochronometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochronometry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geochronometry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geochronometry.
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