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CARBON-14 DATING

 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbon-14 dating mean? 

CARBON-14 DATING (noun)
  The noun CARBON-14 DATING has 1 sense:

1. a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 yearsplay

  Familiarity information: CARBON-14 DATING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARBON-14 DATING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon 14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carbon-14 dating; carbon dating; radiocarbon dating

Hypernyms ("carbon-14 dating" is a kind of...):

dating; geological dating (use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens)


 Context examples 


Scientists used ancient DNA analyses and carbon-14 dating to demonstrate the past existence of a unique population of Icelandic walrus that went extinct shortly after Norse settlement some 1,100 years ago.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)

In a new study, researchers analyzed ancient and contemporary DNA along with carbon-14 dating of walrus remains, supplemented with detailed studies of the remains' locations, place names and references to walrus-hunting in Icelandic Medieval literature, including the Icelandic Sagas.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)



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