ALL meanings of radiocarbon
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R r - 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