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carbon dating
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carbon dating
(noun)
radiocarbon dating
(noun)
carbon dating
noun
carbon dating
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of CARBON DATING
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a scientific way of finding the age of something that is very old (such as a dinosaur bone) by measuring the amount of certain forms of carbon in it
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