- carbon-date
- transitive verb see carbon dating
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
carbon-date
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carbon-date — [kär΄bən dāt΄] vt. carbon dated, carbon dating to establish the age of (carbonaceous material) by means of carbon dating … English World dictionary
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
carbon-date — transitive verb see carbon dating * * * /kahr beuhn dayt /, v.t., carbon dated, carbon dating. to estimate the age of (an object of plant or animal origin) by radiocarbon dating. [1965 70] … Useful english dictionary
carbon-date — /kahr beuhn dayt /, v.t., carbon dated, carbon dating. to estimate the age of (an object of plant or animal origin) by radiocarbon dating. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
carbon-date — car′bon date v. t. dat•ed, dat•ing ara chem. gel to estimate the age of (an object of plant or animal origin) by radiocarbon dating • Etymology: 1965–70 … From formal English to slang
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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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
Date — For the use of date on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers). Date or dates may refer to: Common Calendar date, a day on a calendar Date (metadata), a representation term or class associated with a data element date (Unix) … Wikipedia
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Carbon — (), but as most compounds with multiple single bonded oxygens on a single carbon it is unstable.] Cyanide (CN–), has a similar structure, but behaves much like a halide ion (pseudohalogen). For example it can form the nitride cyanogen molecule… … Wikipedia
