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atomic clock
noun
: a special kind of clock that is extremely exact
Full Definition of ATOMIC CLOCK
: a precision clock that depends for its operation on an electrical oscillator regulated by the natural vibration frequencies of an atomic system (as a beam of cesium atoms)
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First Known Use of ATOMIC CLOCK
1938
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