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carbon dating

See radiocarbon dating.

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carbon dating

(Social Science / Archaeology) short for radiocarbon dating

carbon dating

See radiocarbon dating.

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carbon dating - 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

carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating

dating, geological dating - use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens

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