Definition of radiocarbon in English:
radiocarbon
noun ˌreɪdɪəʊˈkɑːb(ə)nˌreɪdioʊˈkɑrbən
mass nounChemistry A radioactive isotope of carbon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Dark Age people might possibly have been burning very old wood, if they'd found it in a bog, and in that case radiocarbon would date the growth of the tree, not the time if its burning.
- Also contamination of an object with more recent radiocarbon, leading to an inaccurate date, is always a threat and difficult to detect.
- These data were compared with the distribution of radiocarbon in free glucose and fructose isolated from the same sample.
- Living organisms acquire a characteristic minor fraction of radiocarbon by equilibrating with the carbon dioxide of ambient air or surrounding waters.
- Some of these neutrons react with nitrogen atoms in air, converting them into a radioactive isotope of carbon: carbon - 14 or radiocarbon, with eight neutrons in each nucleus.
Rhymes
carbon, chlorofluorocarbon, graben, hydrocarbon, Laban
Definition of radiocarbon in US English:
radiocarbon
nounˌrādēōˈkärbənˌreɪdioʊˈkɑrbən
Chemistry A radioactive isotope of carbon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some of these neutrons react with nitrogen atoms in air, converting them into a radioactive isotope of carbon: carbon - 14 or radiocarbon, with eight neutrons in each nucleus.
- Also contamination of an object with more recent radiocarbon, leading to an inaccurate date, is always a threat and difficult to detect.
- Living organisms acquire a characteristic minor fraction of radiocarbon by equilibrating with the carbon dioxide of ambient air or surrounding waters.
- These data were compared with the distribution of radiocarbon in free glucose and fructose isolated from the same sample.
- Dark Age people might possibly have been burning very old wood, if they'd found it in a bog, and in that case radiocarbon would date the growth of the tree, not the time if its burning.