radiometric
pronunciation
How to pronounce radiometric in British English:
UK [ˌreɪdiəʊˈmetrɪk]
How to pronounce radiometric in American English:
US [ˌreɪdioʊˈmetrɪk]
Word Origin
- radiometric (adj.)
- 1877, from radiometer "instrument to transform radiant energy into mechanical work" (1875), radiometry, from radio-, here indicating "radiant energy," + -metric. Radiometric dating attested from 1906.
Example
- 1. Radiometric techniques are not always appropriate to search for uranium deposits .
- 2. Relative radiometric correction for multitemporal tm images .
- 3. Radiometric ages of these rocks begin where the geological record in britain ends and run back an additional four billion years .
- 4. Radiometric dating has to be used cautiously , however , because it 's notoriously easy to do it wrong .
- 5. In field work , high-precision and multi-parameter radiometric survey has been carried out ; in indoor work , radiome tric stations have been utilized to undertake data processing and interpretation .