growth ring
noun
: a layer of wood (such as an annual ring) produced during a single period of growth
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Join 7 others in the comments View Comments In these trees, growth rings that dated back to around 2900 BC were unusually close together, suggesting a poor growing season.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
After slicing and staining their samples, the researchers then slid them under a microscope to measure their growth rings, as well as their blue rings.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Teeth grow by the acquisition of daily growth rings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
To determine at what age the animals had died, researchers used X-ray imaging to count the growth rings on their teeth, like how botanists count the rings of a tree.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
After slicing and staining their samples, the researchers then slid them under a microscope to measure their growth rings, as well as their blue rings.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Teeth grow by the acquisition of daily growth rings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
To determine at what age the animals had died, researchers used X-ray imaging to count the growth rings on their teeth, like how botanists count the rings of a tree.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
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“Growth ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20ring. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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