carbon dating
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The term 'carbon dating' is a combination of the word 'carbon' and 'dating', referring to the process of estimating the age of an object based on the decay of carbon-14 isotopes.
مثال
- Carbon dating revealed that the artifact was over 2,000 years old.
- Scientists used carbon dating to determine the age of the fossilized remains.
- The accuracy of carbon dating depends on the preservation of carbon-14 in the sample.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years