Meanings
plural carbon datings
- countableuncountableradiocarbon dating.
Carbon dating is a method used to determine the age of organic material such as wood, bone and charcoal.
2026 September 1, Jacob Colley, Simon Ormiston, “Discovery of skulls reveals 6,000-year-old mystery”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Danish karbon 14-datering, kulstof 14-datering
- karbon 14-dateringradiocarbon dating
- kulstof 14-dateringradiocarbon dating
Dutch koolstofdatering
- koolstofdateringradiocarbon dating
Finnish hiiliajoitus, radiohiiliajoitus
- hiiliajoitusradiocarbon dating
- radiohiiliajoitusradiocarbon dating
Irish dátú carbóin, dátú radacarbóin
- dátú carbóinradiocarbon dating
- dátú radacarbóinradiocarbon dating
Māori inewā horowaro
- inewā horowaroradiocarbon dating
Norwegian Bokmål karbondatering
- karbondateringradiocarbon dating
Swedish kol-14-datering, C14-datering
- kol-14-dateringradiocarbon dating
- C14-dateringradiocarbon dating
- radiokoldateringradiocarbon dating
Cite this entry
carbon dating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20dating
“carbon dating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20dating. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carbon dating,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbon%20dating.
Source: carbon dating on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.