Doomsday Clock

English

Proper noun

the Doomsday Clock

  1. A symbol in the form of a clock, representing the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Its hands are moved backward or forward in response to world events, with midnight representing the onset of catastrophe.
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