The scientific technique of measuring carbon content or concentration using specialized instruments and methods.
From carbon + -metry (from Greek metria, 'measurement'). The -metry suffix creates nouns indicating branches of measurement science.
Radiocarbon dating is a specialized carbonometry technique that measures rare carbon-14 atoms to date fossils—it won its inventor a Nobel Prize because it unlocked archaeology, letting us date civilizations by measuring atomic decay.
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