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• Frequency standard — A frequency standard is a stable oscillator used for frequency calibration or reference. A frequency standard generates a fundamental frequency with a high degree of accuracy and precision. Harmonics of this fundamental frequency are used to… …   Wikipedia

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• Caesium standard — A caesium standard or caesium atomic clock is a primary frequency standard in which electronic transitions between the two hyperfine ground states of caesium 133 atoms are used to control the output frequency. They are one of the most accurate… …   Wikipedia

• Caesium-Fontäne — Atomuhr Eine Atomuhr ist eine Uhr, deren Zeittakt aus der charakteristischen Frequenz von Strahlungsübergängen der Elektronen freier Atome abgeleitet wird. Die Zeitanzeige einer Referenzuhr wird fortwährend mit dem Taktgeber verglichen und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Primary time standard — In telecommunications, a primary time standard is a time standard that does not require calibration against another time standard. Note 1: Examples of primary time, ( i.e. , frequency standards) are caesium standards and hydrogen masers. Note 2:… …   Wikipedia

• Rubidium standard — A rubidium standard is a frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons in rubidium 87 atoms is used to control the output frequency. A rubidium standard consists of a gas cell, which has an inherent long term… …   Wikipedia

• Indian Standard Time — (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of . India does not observe daylight saving time, (DST) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the… …   Wikipedia

• Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory — The Time and Frequency Standards Laboratory is a part of the National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi which maintains and calibrates the Indian Standard Time.Features of the Time and Frequency Standards Lab include: * Four caesium and rubidium… …   Wikipedia

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• Second — This article is about the unit of time. For other uses, see Second (disambiguation). A light flashing approximately once per second. The second (SI unit symbol: s; informal abbreviation: sec) is a unit of measurement of time, and is the… …   Wikipedia

• Time in physics — In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue. It has been treated as a question of geometry. One can measure time and treat it as a geometrical dimension, such as length, and perform mathematical operations on it. It is a scalar quantity… …   Wikipedia