Radiocarbon-dating Synonyms

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
Synonyms:
  1. carbon-dating
  2. carbon-15 dating
  3. dating
  4. half-life dating
  5. thermoluminescence
  6. radiometric-dating
  7. carbon-14 dating

Radiocarbon-dating Sentence Examples

  • The bones are more than 55,000 years old, although their age is somewhat imprecise because they are beyond the limits of radiocarbon dating.

  • Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.

  • Using the latest radiocarbon dating techniques, they have proved that the country 's most famous monument is 5,000 years old.

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