tree ring

noun

Examples of tree ring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Researchers have since identified ten major carbon-14 spikes, now known as Miyake events, in tree ring chronologies. Kim Beil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024 Scientists who have pioneered the science of studying tree rings are using them to decipher climate change and ancient disasters. Jack Healy, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 The proxies can include annual tree rings and layers of ice deposited over time on glaciers and polar caps. Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2024 Estimates from the tree rings can predict the severity of drought index, as well as seasonal precipitation, and allow the researchers to independently investigate the relationship between summer temperature and summer soil moisture, King said. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024 These data will be used to determine the center of gravity for the pendulum, which will swing slower or faster depending on the tree ring thickness. Peter Rubin, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024 Much like tree rings, the cones remained fairly distinct even after the animal died. Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024 Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — There’s no precedent in at least five centuries for how hot and dry the West has been in the last two decades, new research asserts using analysis of tree rings. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024 So tree rings will read differently, Leavitt told Fox News Digital. Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tree ring was in 1919

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“Tree ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20ring. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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tree ring

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