Complete Definition of "carbon-date"

English

wikipedia|Radiocarbon_dating
Alternative spellings
carbon date

Verb
en-verb|carbon-dat|ing

  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

See also
carbon-14

Category:Time

vi:carbon-date

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