radiocarbon-date

radiocarbon-date
transitive verb see radiocarbon dating

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  • radiocarbon-date — transitive verb see radiocarbon dating …   Useful english dictionary

  • Radiocarbon dating — (sometimes simply known as carbon dating) is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon 14 (14C) to estimate the age of carbon bearing materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years.[1] Raw, i.e. uncalibrated …   Wikipedia

  • radiocarbon dating — noun Date: 1951 carbon dating • radiocarbon date transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Radiocarbon 14 dating of the Turin Shroud — Radiocarbon dating of the Turin Shroud was the most famous scientific study performed on the artifact. The radiocarbon dating was carried out in 1988 and dated the cloth is to between 1260 and 1390 C.E., compatible with the first recorded mention …   Wikipedia

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  • radiocarbon — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1939 radioactive carbon; especially carbon 14 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • radiocarbon — n. [L. radius, ray; carbo, coal] A radioactive isotope of carbon found naturally in the air and in organisms that is used to date fossil and subfossil remains; also used in physiological studies …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • carbon-date — verb 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. Syn: radiocarbon date …   Wiktionary

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