Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubidium-strontium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: ru-bid-i-um-stron-tium
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Isotopic dating of meteorites using the rubidium-strontium system and others indicates that the most primitive rocks in the solar system are 4.56 billion years old, determined rather precisely."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Rb-Sr

Questions

What does rubidium-strontium mean?: Designating a method of geological dating based on the relative amounts in rock of rubidium-87 and its beta-decay product, strontium-87.

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