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Thesaurus: radioactive dating
measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object
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- n. measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object