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carbon-date

carbon-date verb: to gauge the age of (an organic material) by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes.

Verb

carbon-date (third-person singular simple present carbon-dates, present participle carbon-dating, simple past and past participle carbon-dated)

  1. (transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    radiocarbon-date

Synonyms of carbon-date

  • radiocarbon-date

Forms of carbon-date

third-person singular presentcarbon-dates
present participlecarbon-dating
past participlecarbon-dated
pastcarbon-dated
alternative formcarbon date

Questions about carbon-date

What does carbon-date mean?
Carbon-date means to gauge the age of (an organic material) by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes.
What part of speech is carbon-date?
Carbon-date is a verb.
What is the past tense of carbon-date?
The past tense of carbon-date is carbon-dated.

Words near carbon-date in the dictionary

  1. carbon-14
  2. carbon-based
  3. carbon-carbon bond
  4. carbon-carbon bonds
  5. carbon-copy
  6. carbon-date
  7. carbon-dated
  8. carbon-dates
  9. carbon-dating
  10. carbon-ferrous
  11. carbon-free

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