- carbon dating
- noun Date: 1951 the determination of the age of old material (as an archaeological or paleontological specimen) by means of the content of carbon 14 • carbon-date transitive verb
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carbon dating
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carbon dating — n. a method of establishing the approximate age of carbonaceous materials, such as fossil remains or archaeological specimens, by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon 14 remaining in them: also carbon 14 dating * * * … Universalium
carbon dating — n. a method of establishing the approximate age of carbonaceous materials, such as fossil remains or archaeological specimens, by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon 14 remaining in them: also carbon 14 dating … English World dictionary
carbon dating — ► NOUN ▪ the determination of the age of an organic object from the relative proportions of the isotopes carbon 12 and carbon 14 that it contains … English terms dictionary
carbon dating — n [U] a method of finding out the age of very old objects by measuring the amount of carbon in them … Dictionary of contemporary English
carbon dating — noun a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years • Syn: ↑radiocarbon dating, ↑carbon 14 dating • Hypernyms: ↑dating,… … Useful english dictionary
carbon dating — N UNCOUNT Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains … English dictionary
carbon dating — radioanglinis datavimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Archeologinių radinių amžiaus nustatymas pagal ¹⁴C izotopo kiekį. atitikmenys: angl. carbon dating; radiocarbon dating rus. радиоуглеродное датирование; радиоуглеродное определение… … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
carbon dating — a means of dating organic material based on the fact that carbon 14, a radioactive component of all living things, decays at a known rate over time from death … Geography glossary
carbon dating — noun the determination of the age of an organic object from the relative proportions of the isotopes carbon 12 and carbon 14 that it contains … English new terms dictionary
carbon dating. — See radiocarbon dating. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
