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carbon-dates

carbon-dates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carbon-date.

Meaning of carbon-date

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

Questions about carbon-dates

What is carbon-dates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carbon-dates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carbon-date.

Words near carbon-dates in the dictionary

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

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