Definitions for "Carbon-14 dating"
A heavy radioactive isotope of carbon of mass number 14 used in dating archaeological and geological materials
the process by which the radioactive decay of the carbon-14 isotope is measured to determine the age of organic (once living) items. Most useful for objects 100 years to 70,000 years old.
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