Radiocarbon dating

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.

Synonyms

carbon dating carbon-14 dating radiometric age radiodating radiochronology dating relative dating potassium-argon dating geochronometer paleoradiology fluorine absorption dating geochronology

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