radiocarbon

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What does radiocarbon mean?

A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C.

Where does radiocarbon come from?

Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English radiocarbon From radio- + carbon.

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