carbon-date

English

Alternative forms

• carbon date

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.

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

Synonyms

• radiocarbon-date

See also

• carbon-14

Anagrams

• carbonated