英和和英

名詞

atomic clock (plural atomic clocks)

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. (proscribed) A radio clock.

使用する際の注意点

• The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, which operates the WWVB time broadcast, advises that referring to a clock not containing its own atomic oscillator as an "atomic clock" is technically incorrect and should be avoided.

上位語

• clock

下位語

• hydrogen maser atomic clock

参照

Further reading

• atomic clock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia