单词 | international atomic time |
释义 | > as lemmasInternational Atomic Time atomic time n. time as measured by atomic clocks; spec. (more fully International Atomic Time) an internationally accepted time scale now based on the weighted average of the time given by a set of atomic clocks located in different countries, and forming the basis of Coordinated Universal Time. ΚΠ 1937 Times 23 Feb. 19/7 There is..the ordinary dynamic time measured by clocks and by the rotation of the earth, and, on the other hand, kinematic time measured by atomic changes such as the disintegration of radium... While the atomic time is finite so that the universe has a definite beginning in time the ordinary time is infinite. 1949 Hopewell (New Jersey) Herald 20 July 3/5 (headline) Atomic time may take place of current measure systems. 1971 Metrologia 7 43/1 These organizations now feel that the BIPM and its related framework have to deal not only with time intervals but also with time scales; specifically, they should define an International Atomic Time agreed by the Governments. 1989 Atlantic Dec. 18/2 Earth's rotation is slowing, and as a result astronomical time and atomic time fall out of synchrony. 2002 Nature 31 Jan. 477/1 Our daily lives are governed by civil time, which is based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)... UTC is International Atomic Time..offset by an integral number of seconds in order to keep it in near-synchronization with the rotation of the Earth. < as lemmas |
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