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carbon-date

alt. To gauge the age of an organic material by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes. vb. To gauge the age of an organic material by comparing the ratio of carbon isotopes.

Usage examples of "carbon-date".

Besides the carbon-dating from the ancient mines at Shala and Inswezwe show results at 250 and 300 BC.

What consternation it would cause, to have such an obvious modern forgery that was undeniably written on ancient parchment, which could be carbon-dated to the ninth century.

Sten knew his body could have been carbon-dated before the screen suddenly cleared and ALL/UN blinked at him, then vanished.

Mysterious enough, but even more so since it would appear that this body is actually that of a janitor who worked at the library -- but the body now not only looks ancient, it actually carbon-dates to about 30,000 years old.

At two-thirty, after a wait which Lars would not have undergone again at any price, the carbon-dating of the tissue taken from the old man's body was brought in by a hospital attendant.