noun
Meaning 1
A radioactive isotope of carbon, especially 146C.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
radiocarbon
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noun
Meaning 2
a radioactive isotope of carbon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carbon 14
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carbon, C, atomic number 6
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *kerh3-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon English radiocarbon From radio- + carbon.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: radiocarboni — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Chinese Mandarin: 放射性碳 (fàngshèxìngtàn) — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Finnish: radiohiili — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Finnish: radioaktiivinen hiili — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Hebrew: רדיו־פחמן (radyo-pakhmán) — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Irish: radacarbón — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Tibetan: འགྱེད་འཕྲོའི་ཁར་སྦོན ('gyed 'phro'i khar sbon) — radioactive isotope of carbon
- Tibetan: འགྱེད་འཕྲོའི་ནག་རྫས ('gyed 'phro'i nag rdzas) — radioactive isotope of carbon
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