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radiocarbon dating

DEFINITIONS OF: radiocarbon dating

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n 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

Synonyms:
carbon dating, carbon-14 dating
Type of:
dating, geological dating
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
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