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CARBON DATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbon dating mean? 

CARBON DATING (noun)
  The noun CARBON DATING has 1 sense:

1. 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 yearsplay

  Familiarity information: CARBON DATING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARBON DATING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carbon-14 dating; carbon dating; radiocarbon dating

Hypernyms ("carbon dating" is a kind of...):

dating; geological dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)


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