radiocarbon dating

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.

Similar
carbon datingcarbon-14 dating
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Meanings

nounradiocarbon dating (usually uncountable, plural radiocarbon datings)

plural radiocarbon datings

  1. uncountableusuallyarchaeologyA 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.

    Synonyms: carbon dating

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
carbon dating

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
carbon datingcarbon-14 dating
Broader
datinggeological dating
Also see
carbon dating

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans radiokoolstofdatering
  • radiokoolstofdateringradiocarbon dating
Arabic تأريخ بالكربون المشع
  • تأريخ بالكربون المشعradiocarbon dating
Bulgarian радиовъглеродно датиране
  • радиовъглеродно датиране (radiovăglerodno datirane)radiocarbon dating
Catalan datació per radiocarboni
  • datació per radiocarboniradiocarbon dating
Esperanto radiokarbona datado
  • radiokarbona datadoradiocarbon dating
Estonian radiosüsinikumeetod
  • radiosüsinikumeetodradiocarbon dating
Finnish radiohiiliajoitus
  • radiohiiliajoitusradiocarbon dating
German Radiokarbonmethode
  • Radiokarbonmethoderadiocarbon dating
Greek ραδιοχρονολόγηση
  • ραδιοχρονολόγηση (radiochronológisi)radiocarbon dating
Hebrew תיארוך רדיו־פחמן
  • תיארוך רדיו־פחמן (ti'arúkh radyo-pakhmán)radiocarbon dating
Hungarian radiokarbonos kormeghatározás
  • radiokarbonos kormeghatározásradiocarbon dating
Indonesian penanggalan radiokarbon
  • penanggalan radiokarbonradiocarbon dating
Irish dátú radacarbóin
  • dátú radacarbóinradiocarbon dating
Māori inewā horowaro
  • inewā horowaroradiocarbon dating
Polish datowanie radiowęglowe
  • datowanie radiowęgloweradiocarbon dating
Portuguese datação por radiocarbono
  • datação por radiocarbonoradiocarbon dating
Romanian datare cu radiocarbon
  • datare cu radiocarbonradiocarbon dating
Russian радиоуглеродное датирование
  • радиоуглеродное датирование (radiouglerodnoje datirovanije)radiocarbon dating
Spanish datación por radiocarbono
  • datación por radiocarbonoradiocarbon dating
Swedish kol-14-datering, C14-datering
  • kol-14-dateringradiocarbon dating
  • C14-dateringradiocarbon dating
  • radiokoldateringradiocarbon dating
Ukrainian радіовуглеце́ве датува́ння
  • радіовуглеце́ве датува́ння (radiovuhlecéve datuvánnja)radiocarbon dating
Welsh dyddio radiocarbon
  • dyddio radiocarbonradiocarbon dating
Cite this entry
APA

radiocarbon dating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiocarbon%20dating

MLA

“radiocarbon dating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiocarbon%20dating. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radiocarbon dating,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radiocarbon%20dating.

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