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carbon-dating

carbon-dating is the present participle and gerund 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-dating

What is carbon-dating the present participle and gerund of?
Carbon-dating is the present participle and gerund of carbon-date.

Words near carbon-dating in the dictionary

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

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