radiocarbon dating (n)
carbon dating (n)
carbon-14 dating (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14
def believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
Outgoing links
Hypernym dating, geological dating
Incoming links
Hyponym dating, geological dating

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