radiocarbon
noun
ra·dio·car·bon
ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈkär-bən 
often attributive
: radioactive carbon
especially
: carbon 14
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Cataclysmic Effects Miyake events happen when the sun's electromagnetic field weakens, allowing plasma from the sun's surface to escape into space, ultimately leaving radiocarbon in tree rings.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The Scottish Tartans Authority commissioned dye analysis and radiocarbon testing on the textile, which has now been dated to between 1500 and 1600.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
There were reports on recent radiocarbon tests dating the calfskin parchment to between 1404 and 1438, and on the University of Pennsylvania philosopher William Romaine Newbold, who in 1921 became the first of many Voynich theorists to succumb to grandiose delusions of having solved it.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
The scientists used radiocarbon dating to determine the animal died between 20,811 and 21,090 years ago.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
The Scottish Tartans Authority commissioned dye analysis and radiocarbon testing on the textile, which has now been dated to between 1500 and 1600.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
There were reports on recent radiocarbon tests dating the calfskin parchment to between 1404 and 1438, and on the University of Pennsylvania philosopher William Romaine Newbold, who in 1921 became the first of many Voynich theorists to succumb to grandiose delusions of having solved it.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
The scientists used radiocarbon dating to determine the animal died between 20,811 and 21,090 years ago.
—Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
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“Radiocarbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiocarbon. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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radiocarbon
noun
ra·dio·car·bon
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈkär-bən
: radioactive carbon
especially
: carbon 14
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radiocarbon
noun
ra·dio·car·bon
ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈkär-bən
: radioactive carbon
especially
: carbon 14
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