carbon datingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkɑː.bən ˈdeɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌkɑːr.bən ˈdeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/a method of calculating the age of extremely old objects by measuring the amount of a particular type of carbon in them
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