Explore Dendrochronology through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dendrochronology in a sentence
Dendrochronology meaning
The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.
Using Dendrochronology
- The main meaning on this page is: The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.
- In the example corpus, dendrochronology often appears in combinations such as: dendrochronology to, using dendrochronology, dendrochronology can.
Context around Dendrochronology
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dendrochronology
- In this selection, "dendrochronology" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, using, dating, via, enabled, thus and calculates stand out and add context to how "dendrochronology" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include building via dendrochronology thus requires and by using dendrochronology. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dendrochronology" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dendrochronology
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dendrochronology can also be used for the dating of landscapes. (10 words)
Dendrochronology is an important technique especially for dating the timbers of wooden ships. (13 words)
Dendrochronology is used in turn as a calibration reference for radiocarbon dating curves. (13 words)
Dendrochronology (from δένδρον main, dendron, "tree limb"; χρόνος main, khronos, "time"; and -λογία main, -logia), or tree-ring dating, is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings, also known as growth rings. (39 words)
Since there are few documents on site with datable contents (such as an Egyptian scarab ) and since no dendrochronology has yet been performed upon the remains here, the events are listed here according to Helladic period material culture. (38 words)
It has been dated by dendrochronology to the year 290. In the 3rd century there was a small Christian community outside the walls around what was to become the Abbey of Saint-Ruf. (33 words)
Example sentences (14)
Building history The dating of buildings with wooden structures and components has also been done by using dendrochronology.
Built in winter 3807 BC or spring 3806 BC, tree-ring dating (Dendrochronology) enabled very precise dating.
Dateable Greek pottery and analysis employing scientific techniques such as dendrochronology and thermoluminescence help provide date ranges for an absolute chronology at some La Tène sites.
Dendrochronology can also be used for the dating of landscapes.
Dendrochronology can date the time at which tree rings were formed, in many types of wood, to the exact calendar year.
Dendrochronology (from δένδρον main, dendron, "tree limb"; χρόνος main, khronos, "time"; and -λογία main, -logia), or tree-ring dating, is the scientific method of dating based on the analysis of patterns of tree rings, also known as growth rings.
Dendrochronology is an important technique especially for dating the timbers of wooden ships.
Dendrochronology is used in turn as a calibration reference for radiocarbon dating curves.
It has been dated by dendrochronology to the year 290. In the 3rd century there was a small Christian community outside the walls around what was to become the Abbey of Saint-Ruf.
Since there are few documents on site with datable contents (such as an Egyptian scarab ) and since no dendrochronology has yet been performed upon the remains here, the events are listed here according to Helladic period material culture.
The dating of building via dendrochronology thus requires knowledge of the history of building technology. citation Examples: * cliff dwellings of Native Americans in the arid U.S. Southwest.
The English polymath Charles Babbage proposed using dendrochronology to date the remains of trees in peat bogs or even in geological strata (1835, 1838).
The table itself is considerably older; dendrochronology calculates the date of construction to 1250–1280—during the reign of Edward I —using timber from store felled over a period of years. citation.
Trees from the earliest fortifications found in Germania Inferior are dated by dendrochronology to 99/100 AD.
Common combinations with dendrochronology
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dendrochronology to 3×
- using dendrochronology 2×
- dendrochronology can 2×
- dendrochronology is 2×
- by dendrochronology 2×