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Carbon-14 Dating

Description: Carbon-14 dating, also known as radiocarbon dating, is a method used to determine the age of organic materials by measuring the level of a radioactive isotope of carbon, carbon-14, present in the sample.

Sense 1: (Noun) A scientific technique for estimating the age of organic artifacts or fossils. It relies on the fact that carbon-14, a radioactive isotope, is incorporated into the tissues of living organisms and decays at a predictable rate after death.
Sample Sentence: Scientists used carbon-14 dating to determine that the ancient bone was over 10,000 years old.

Sense 2: (Noun) The process of determining the age of an object through carbon-14 dating.
Sample Sentence: The archaeologist sent the artifact to the lab for carbon-14 dating.

Sense 3: (Adjective) Referring to a dating method that utilizes carbon-14 isotopes.
Sample Sentence: The carbon-14 dating technique is widely used in archaeological research.

Sense 4: (Adjective) Referring to the estimated age of an artifact or fossil determined using carbon-14 dating.
Sample Sentence: The carbon-14 dating analysis indicated the pottery to be from the Neolithic period.

Sense 5: (Adjective) Referring to the radioactive isotope carbon-14 itself.
Sample Sentence: Carbon-14 dating relies on the decay of carbon-14.

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