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radiocarbon: Meaning and Definition of
ra•di•o•car•bon
Pronunciation: (rā"dē-ō-kär'bun), [key]
— n. Chem.
- Also calleda radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- any radioactive isotope of carbon.
See also:
- radiocarbon (Thesaurus)
