carbon-date

[ kahr-buhn-deyt ]
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verb (used with object),car·bon-dat·ed, car·bon-dat·ing.
  1. to estimate the age of (an object of plant or animal origin) by radiocarbon dating.

Origin of carbon-date

1
First recorded in 1965–70

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