Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially carbon-14.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
radioactive isotope ofcarbon , especially 146C
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a radioactive isotope of carbon
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word radiocarbon.
Examples
-
The technique the scientists use is known as radiocarbon dating and is more commonly used by archaeologists to date ancient fragments of bone and wood.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
-
The technique the scientists use is known as radiocarbon dating and is more commonly used by archaeologists to date ancient fragments of bone and wood.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
-
The technique the scientists use is known as radiocarbon dating and is more commonly used by archaeologists to date ancient fragments of bone and wood.
Latest Articles 2009
-
Carbon dating (aka radiocarbon dating) is pretty reliable, when the samples are good, up to 30 or 40 thousand years ago, and in some cases the method can be extended to just over 100 thousand years ago.
-
Everyone assumes that dates that follow the word "radiocarbon" are accurate, precise and sure.
Signs of the Times 2010
-
The process has a huge advantage over standard methods such as radiocarbon dating, which is plagued by large error ranges, Kirch said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
Scholars have cast doubt on the Shroud of Turin's authenticity, citing scientific evidence such as radiocarbon testing that date it to medieval times.
-
Scholars have cast doubt on the Shroud of Turin's authenticity, citing scientific evidence such as radiocarbon testing that date it to medieval times.
-
'Traditional methods of dating the pigments, such as radiocarbon, are destructive to the paintings, and the samples are prone to contamination.
Signs of the Times 2008
-
The radiocarbon assay of charcoal from one of these fire pits gave an age of 1580 +/- 40 B.P. Deryl noticed two other fire pit areas a few hundred feet farther back from the river on the north slope of the ridge.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.