Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbon-14 dating

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon-14 -dat-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

radiocarbon dating carbon dating

Questions

What does carbon-14 dating mean?: 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

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