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The phrase "atomic clock" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a highly precise timekeeping device that uses the vibrations of atoms to measure time.
Example: "The accuracy of the atomic clock is essential for GPS satellites to function properly."
Alternatives: "nuclear clock" or "quantum clock".

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atomic clock

noun

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.

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The so-called ticking of an atomic clock is really the energy released simultaneously by an enormous number of atoms.

What is an "atomic clock"?

See also atomic clock; nuclear clock.

It's not a cesium-based atomic clock.

Such is the atomic clock of New York night life.

But that's practically a sundial compared to an atomic clock.

An atomic clock is the world's most accurate timekeeping device.

But leave the ferocity of the atomic clock aside.

The probes also contain a small atomic clock.

The atomic clock may have slowed a bit, but it is still ticking.

His own everyday wristwatch reset itself by radio signals from the atomic clock in Denver.

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