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carbon-date

verb

carbon-date

verb
1

To gauge the age of (an organic material) by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes.

  • After carbon-dating the artifact, the archaeologist determined that it was of late bronze age manufacture.
Synonyms
radiocarbon-date
Related terms
carbon-14

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.