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carbon dating

American  

noun

  1. radiocarbon dating.

carbon dating British  

noun

  1. short for radiocarbon dating

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carbon dating Scientific  

  1. See radiocarbon dating

Etymology

Origin of carbon dating

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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They used carbon dating techniques to estimate the age of the 10cm cube-shaped bone.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

For instance, they may be able to better understand math concepts through studying NFL stats, Taylor Swift album sales, or Jurassic-era carbon dating.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

By modeling this age-roughness relationship, with information from landslides dated by other means such as carbon dating, researchers can estimate when a particular landslide took place.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

After the chart was purchased, Clausen sent it to a lab in New York that took a scientific approach to dating, analyzing pigments and performing carbon dating on a small piece of the parchment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

More precise dates did not come in until the 1950s, when Willard F. Libby, a chemist at the University of Chicago, invented carbon dating.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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