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carbon dating
n.
See radiocarbon dating.
carbon-date (kärbn-dt) v.
carbon dating
n
(Social Science / Archaeology) short for radiocarbon dating
carbon dating
See radiocarbon dating.
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Noun1.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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Carbon dating of the newly unearthed moss suggests that the landslide occurred about 8,100 years ago.
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To be fair, most of these discoveries have resulted from intensive archaeological work, from DNA and carbon dating techniques, and from new technologies like satellite imagery.
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This sample tested by carbon dating came from a single sample cut from the edge of the Shroud in a section where the cloth was dyed, evidently as part of some medieval repair to match the colour of the original cloth: "The combined evidence from chemical kinetics, analytical chemistry, cotton content, and pyrolysisms proves that the material from the radiocarbon area of the Shroud is significantly different from that of the main cloth.
The dating controversy of the Shroud by Beresford, David / Catholic Insight
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