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pulsar clock

pulsar clock noun: the regular timing of pulses from a pulsar.

Noun

pulsar clock (plural pulsar clocks)

  1. The regular timing of pulses from a pulsar.
    • We could precisely measure the orbit and the predicted relativistic effects simply by precisely measuring the changing "ticking" of this pulsar clock as it moved around in its orbit.2004, Magdolna Hargittai & Istv n Hargittai, Candid Science IV: Conversations with Famous Physicists, →ISBN, page 674
    • Ultimately, rotational instabilities intrinsic to the pulsar known as timing noise can become important, and the internal stability of the pulsar clock is limited.2005, D. R. Lorimer, M. Kramer, Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy, →ISBN, page 34
  2. A clock built to measure time based on the regular pulses from a pulsar.

Forms of pulsar clock

pluralpulsar clocks

Questions about pulsar clock

What does pulsar clock mean?
Pulsar clock means the regular timing of pulses from a pulsar.
What part of speech is pulsar clock?
Pulsar clock is a noun.
What is the plural of pulsar clock?
The plural of pulsar clock is pulsar clocks.

Words near pulsar clock in the dictionary

  1. Pulrossie
  2. puls
  3. pulsable
  4. pulsant
  5. pulsar
  6. pulsar clock
  7. pulsar clocks
  8. pulsar wind nebula
  9. pulsar wind nebulas
  10. pulsarlike
  11. pulsars

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