Meaning

1 senses

  1. To gauge the age of (an organic material) by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes.

    After carbon-dating the artifact, the archaeologist determined that it was of late bronze age manufacture.

Forms

carbon-dates, carbon-dating, carbon-dated, carbon-dated
Base formcarbon-date · to carbon-date
3rd person singularcarbon-dates
Present participlecarbon-dating
Past simplecarbon-dated
Past participlecarbon-dated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarbon-date
he, she, itcarbon-dates

Past simpleLesson

all personscarbon-dated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave carbon-dated
he, she, ithas carbon-dated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carbon-date

Synonyms

1 synonyms
radiocarbon-date

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
carbcarbohydratecarbonB2carbonaracarbonatecarbonic
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