Associations to the word «Radiocarbon»

Wiktionary

RADIOCARBON, noun. A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C
RADIOCARBON DATING, noun. (physics) (archaeology) (paleontology) A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.

Dictionary definition

RADIOCARBON, noun. A radioactive isotope of carbon.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke