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Definition of radiocarbon dating noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

radiocarbon dating

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/ˌreɪdiəʊkɑːbən ˈdeɪtɪŋ/

/ˌreɪdiəʊkɑːrbən ˈdeɪtɪŋ/

[uncountable] (formal)

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carbon dating (= a method of calculating the age of very old objects by measuring the amounts of different forms of carbon in them)Topics Scientific researchc2, Historyc2

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