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caesium clock n
(Physics / General Physics) a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms See also second2 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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To track time, a cesium clock exploits the absorption of microwaves by a cloud of cesium atoms (SN: 9/4/04, p. In this collaborative program, involving NIST, JPL, the University of Colorado, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a laser-cooled cesium clock will be put aboard the International Space Station in 2005 to perform certain tests on gravitational theory and to improve upon the realization of the second. The new system uses laser cooling to increase the interaction time 100 to 1000 times greater than a conventional cesium clock. |
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