What does AC stand for?

Atomic Clock

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The Los Angeles, California-based company expects LEGAND or LADAR EO GPS/INS atomic clock navigation demonstration project to provide ground troops, aircraft, and ground vehicles the capability to maintain precision navigation in places not currently possible due to nonavailability of GPS.

United States: Northrop Grumman To Continue Development Of Inertial ...

The "pendulum" of a caesium atomic clock swings even more quickly: that is, that microwave radiation which can bring about a spin change in each electron of a caesium atom.

Soon, a portable optical atomic clock

The atomic clock is twice as accurate as any similar device made previously.

And the correct time is..

As a radio wave receiver, the wristwatch is able to keep the most accurate time according to the atomic clock of the country in which it is intended to be used.

What Are Atomic Watches and How Do They Work?

With this new contract, SpectraTime confirms its position as the world-leading supplier of space atomic clocks and is on the way to having the largest number of atomic clocks in space on-board satellites.

SpectraTime awarded 4 M,e1/4 contract to supply Rubidium Space

An atomic clock wall model has an internal mechanism that takes advantage of radio frequencies to synchronize its current time and date with the U.

Modern Wall Clocks - on the Cutting Edge

The atomic clock is used as the national standard for keeping time in the United States of America.

How Clocks and Watches Have Evolved over Time

Two of the masts demolished yesterday had supported the aerial which transmitted the time signal for the national atomic clock - which provided the time for radio-controlled clocks.

End of an era as radio masts are demolished