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car·bon-date
 carbon-date
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- pronunciation:
- kar
b
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deIt
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
carbon-dates, carbon-dating, carbon-dated |
| definition: |
to determine the approximate age of (materials containing carbon, such as fossils) according to the residue of carbon 14 that is present.
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| related words: |
date |
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