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Recent Examples of atomic clock
Projects have been proposed to use an orbital constellation of optical atomic clocks to support the search for dark matter and dark energy, detect low-frequency gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy and probe the fundamental limits of general relativity.
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Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The first of the new generation of quantum technologies to be broadly deployed in orbit will be highly precise optical atomic clocks.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The study of physics itself could be revolutionized by using nuclear clocks alongside atomic clocks, according to Zhang.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
Optical atomic clocks, accurate to picoseconds, will enable satellite constellations and ground stations to determine satellites’ locations with centimeter-level precision—avoiding potentially catastrophic in-orbit collisions.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The first of the new generation of quantum technologies to be broadly deployed in orbit will be highly precise optical atomic clocks.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The study of physics itself could be revolutionized by using nuclear clocks alongside atomic clocks, according to Zhang.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
Optical atomic clocks, accurate to picoseconds, will enable satellite constellations and ground stations to determine satellites’ locations with centimeter-level precision—avoiding potentially catastrophic in-orbit collisions.
—Paul Lipman, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomic clock
Noun
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Set an alarm clock or reminder on your smartphone or download a free mobile app that offers medication reminders.—
Karen Berger, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
6 Jan. 2025
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Like most Americans, you were awoken this morning by a radio alarm clock.—
Christian Schneider,
National Review,
2 Jan. 2025
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Those in favor of seasonal time clock changes cite children walking to school in the dark with daylight saving time used in the winter.—
Sheldon H. Jacobson,
Boston Herald,
30 Oct. 2024
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So, if grad school and work have you at capacity, don’t worry about anyone else’s time clock for love or anything else.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2024
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The grandfather clocks continue to be made and are sought after items from vintage collectors and interior designers.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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At each location there will be around five dozen vendors who come from all over Europe as well as Illinois, and this is the place to buy real cuckoo clocks form the Black Forest.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.—
Gregory James Wakeman,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2024
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“Atomic clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomic%20clock. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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