carbon dating
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of carbon dating
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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He said it would take at least eight weeks for radio carbon dating analysis to determine exactly how long ago the baby was concealed.
From BBC
Forensic tests established the baby was full term at 40 weeks, but more tests are planned, including carbon dating to confirm the initial findings, police said.
From BBC
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
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
Maussan shared on social media and in his presentation the results of DNA and carbon dating tests that he said he commissioned on "the beings."
From Reuters
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