radiocarbon dating

Definition of Radiocarbon Dating in English :

Noun

1. carbon dating, carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating

a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Radiocarbon Dating

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noun

a technique for determining the age of organic materials, such as wood, based on their content of the radioisotope 14C acquired from the atmosphere when they formed part of a living plant. The 14C decays to the nitrogen isotope 14N with a half-life of 5730 years. Measurement of the amount of radioactive carbon remaining in the material thus gives an estimate of its age

. Also called: carbon-14 dating

Radiocarbon Dating

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carbon dating

Radiocarbon Dating

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n.

A form of radiometric dating used to determine the age of organic remains in ancient objects, such as archaeological specimens, on the basis of the half-life of carbon-14 and a comparison between the ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-14 in a sample of the remains to the known ratio in living organisms. Also called carbon dating, carbon-14 dating.

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