carbon 14

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   a radioactive isotope of carbon

   Synonymsradiocarbon

   Broadercarbon

Questions about carbon 14

What does carbon 14 mean?

carbon 14 means "a radioactive isotope of carbon".

What is another word for carbon 14?

Close synonyms include radiocarbon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carbon 14 a common word?

carbon 14 is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.