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atomic clock (s) (noun), atomic clocks (pl)
Clocks that are regulated by natural resonance frequencies of particular atoms, and display a continuous count of seconds: The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig is where the the atomic clock in Germany is located.
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