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caesium clock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
cae-sium -clock
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of highly accurate atomic clock that is regulated by a resonance frequency of caesium atoms (the same frequency, 9,192,631,770 Hz, on which the precise scientific definition of the second is based).

Inflected Forms

caesium clocks (plural) cesium clock (alternative)

Questions

What does caesium clock mean?
A type of highly accurate atomic clock that is regulated by a resonance frequency of caesium atoms (the same frequency, 9,192,631,770 Hz, on which the precise scientific definition of the second is based).

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