Meaning Of The Word Radiocarbon

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What's The Definition Of Radiocarbon?

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.

radiocarbon in American English
carbon-14
noun: 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

radiocarbon in British English
noun: a radioactive isotope of carbon, esp carbon-14

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