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atomic clocks

atomic clocks is the plural of atomic clock.

Meaning of atomic clock

Noun

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.

Questions about atomic clocks

What is atomic clocks the plural of?
Atomic clocks is the plural of atomic clock.

Words near atomic clocks in the dictionary

  1. atomic bomb
  2. atomic bombs
  3. atomic buffalo turd
  4. atomic buffalo turds
  5. atomic clock
  6. atomic clocks
  7. atomic cocktail
  8. atomic cocktails
  9. atomic emission spectroscopy
  10. atomic energy
  11. atomic F-bomb

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