Radiocarbon Dating Definition

noun

Carbon dating.

Webster's New World
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.
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Noun

Singular:
radiocarbon dating
Plural:
radiocarbon datings

Radiocarbon Dating Sentence Examples

  • The bones are more than 55,000 years old, although their age is somewhat imprecise because they are beyond the limits of radiocarbon dating.

  • Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.

  • Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country 's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.

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