hydrogen maser atomic clock

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Noun

hydrogen maser atomic clock (plural hydrogen maser atomic clocks)

  1. an atomic clock which uses the 1.4 GHz transition in a hydrogen atom to measure time to within 0.45 nanosecond over a span of 12 hours

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