English-German translations for atomic clock

• Atomuhr die
  Er wird weitere hochmoderne Geräte an Bord haben, darunter eine Atomuhr, die auf einem passiven Wasserstoff-Maser beruht. Sie wird die genaueste Atomuhr sein, die je in den Weltraum befördert wurde. It will carry other technologically advanced equipment such as the passive hydrogen MASER atomic clock, which will be the most precise atomic clock ever launched into space.

Definition of atomic clock

• 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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