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radiocarbon

ra·di·o·car·bon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rey-dee-oh-kahr-buh n]
    • /ˌreɪ di oʊˈkɑr bən/
    • /reɪdɪəʊˈkɑːbən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rey-dee-oh-kahr-buh n]
    • /ˌreɪ di oʊˈkɑr bən/

Definitions of radiocarbon word

  • noun radiocarbon Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials. 1
  • noun radiocarbon any radioactive isotope of carbon. 1
  • noun radiocarbon chemistry: radioactive isotope of carbon 1
  • uncountable noun radiocarbon Radiocarbon is a type of carbon which is radioactive, and which therefore breaks up slowly at a regular rate. Its presence in an object can be measured in order to find out how old the object is. 0
  • noun radiocarbon a radioactive isotope of carbon, esp carbon-14 0
  • noun radiocarbon carbon-14 0
See all 6 definitions of radiocarbon

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Origin of radiocarbon

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; radio- + carbon

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Parts of speech for Radiocarbon

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radiocarbon popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • accelerator mass spectrometry

    a type of mass spectrometry used in radiocarbon dating in which the proportion of carbon isotopes is counted directly, as contrasted with the indirect Geiger counter method, using an accelerator that drastically reduces the quantity of datable material required.

  • archaeometry

    the use of science and modern technology in archaeology to examine and interpret archaeological remains

  • carbon 14

    radiocarbon (def 1).

  • carbon dating

    Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.

  • carbon-14 dating

    radiocarbon dating.

  • carbon-date

    to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
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