radiocarbon dating

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005358",
  "term": "radiocarbon dating",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The determination of the age of an organic substance by measuring the loss rate of radiocarbon (carbon-14). The method is based on the principle that all living plants and animals take in small amounts of radiocarbon, and the intake ends when they die.",
  "synonyms": [
    "carbon dating",
    "carbon-14 analysis",
    "carbon-14 dating"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "age determination",
    "age",
    "carbon 14",
    "radionuclides"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "datación por carbono radiactivo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/radiocarbon-dating/"
}