Sentence examples for by an atomic clock from inspiring English sources

"O'clock" was followed by "precisely", delivered with especial fondness and exactitude; for indeed the time he announced, measured by an atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory, was accurate to within five milliseconds, more reliable even than computers and mobile phones.

Each orbits every 12 hours at an altitude of approximately 12,000 miles and transmits its exact location and the precise time — determined by an atomic clock onboard the satellite.

They had on display an electric timepiece that was driven by an atomic clock.

Based on the time it takes to receive each cube waves sent by the other, an atomic clock may be required.

Now capable of monitoring time differences to some 18 significant features between clocks, Nobel Laureate David Wineland led a team that demonstrated that raising an atomic clock by barely a foot (about 33 cm in the experiment) above another one caused a measurable frequency shift in what the clock registered as a second.

The clock-paradox effect also has been substantiated by experiments comparing the elapsed time of an atomic clock on Earth with that of an atomic clock flown in an airplane.

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Liu, L. et al. In-orbit operation of an atomic clock based on laser-cooled 87Rb atoms.

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"?

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