Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radiocarbon dating

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dio-car-bon -dat-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.

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Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

radiocarbon datings (plural)

Synonyms

carbon dating carbon-14 dating

Questions

What does radiocarbon dating mean?: A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.

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