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Meaning of atomic clock

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atomic clock

noun

Definitions

  1. An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.

  2. A radio clock.