"carbon-date" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: carbon-dates [present, singular, third-person], carbon-dating [participle, present], carbon-dated [participle, past], carbon-dated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} carbon-date (third-person singular simple present carbon-dates, present participle carbon-dating, simple past and past participle carbon-dated)
  1. (transitive) To gauge the age of (an organic material) by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes. Wikipedia link: Radiocarbon_dating Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Radioactivity, Time Synonyms: radiocarbon-date, carbon date Related terms: carbon-14
    Sense id: en-carbon-date-en-verb-MEMgiczt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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