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carbon-14 Definition

carbon-14 (-fôr tēn′)

noun

carbon-14 Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The site has been dated using carbon-14 and archaeomagnetic methods, which are supported by the type of pottery recovered from the site.

Modifies a noun

  • waste: BNFL has banned any more MoD waste at Drigg as the carbon-14 contaminated waste should have been classified as intermediate waste.
  • date: He has nothing to say here about the wholesale suppression of carbon-14 dates that do not tally with expectations.

Preposition: in

  • material: Know that the amount of carbon-14 in an organic material can be used to determine its age.