Relative dating assesses the age of a specimen in comparison to other specimens.

一种是测定相对年龄，通过与其他的样品的比较来确定待测样品的年龄。

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For this reason I strongly recommend the use of relative dating, in the way which Rowling demonstrates in OotP.

鉴于这个原因，我推荐使用相关的年代来表示，就像罗琳在《凤凰社》中所用的一样。

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My maternal grandmother had told me the story of a relative dating from the nineteenth century: a young woman fresh from Ireland a Catholic who'd married a Protestant.

我的外祖母曾告诉我一个亲戚的故事，那是19世纪的事情了：一位刚刚从爱尔兰来的年轻女子，她是位天主教徒，刚刚嫁给了一个新教徒。

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The reliability of percentage remaining (50% of the remaining rule) that has been used by scientists for the relative half-lives elapsed in responding to radiometric dating method is in question.

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