"atom" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The definition of a second has since officially been the time it takes a cesium atom to make 9,192,631,770 vibrations.
- Their clock was based on a transition in the cesium atom.
- Since 1967 the second has been defined as the time during which the cesium atom makes 9,192,631,770 of these oscillations.
- The clock separates cesium atoms of different energy levels by magnetic field.
- The standard for one second is the amount of time that it takes cesium atoms to vibrate 9,192,631,770 times.
- The cesium atoms in the atomic clock at Boulder did not stop vibrating.
- Since 1967, an international agreement has defined a second as the period in which a cesium atom vibrates 9,192,631,770 times.
- This frequency is closest to the natural frequency of the cesium atoms.
- This makes me wonder: Do cesium atoms oscillate in synch?
- Well, so long as they have a cesium 133 atom lying around.
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