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atomic clock

The English word “atomic clock” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.
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