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pulsar clocks

pulsar clocks is the plural of pulsar clock.

Meaning of pulsar clock

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
  2. A clock built to measure time based on the regular pulses from a pulsar.

Questions about pulsar clocks

What is pulsar clocks the plural of?
Pulsar clocks is the plural of pulsar clock.

Words near pulsar clocks in the dictionary

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

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