carbon dating

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 100994818)
    is a type of: dating, geological dating - use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
    same as: carbon-14 dating, radiocarbon dating

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