archaeometry

[ahr-kee-om-i-tree]

ar·chae·om·e·try

[ahr-kee-om-i-tree]
noun
the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.


Origin:
1960–65; archaeo- + -metry

ar·chae·om·e·trist, noun
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Archaeometry has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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