atomic clock in English

noun
1
an extremely accurate type of clock that is regulated by the vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as cesium or ammonia.
Superaccurate atomic clocks , timepieces capable of discerning a change in frequency of a few parts in a million billion, were used to monitor the potential shifts.

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1. This definition is based on the operation of a caesium atomic clock.

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5. In its 26 flight India’s workhorse rocket the PSLV hoisted a 1432 kilogram special satellite that carries on it a precision clock called an atomic clock and a set of other home-made instruments that beam down accurate time and location data.

6. An Atomic clock is a clock whose timekeeping mechanism is based on the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with the excited states of certain atoms.Specifically, either a hyperfine transition in the microwave, or electron transition in the optical or ultraviolet region of the emission spectrum of an atom is used as a frequency standard for the timekeeping element.