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What is the Basis for the Definition of the Second?

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Author(s)

Donald Sullivan
Citation
Scientific American

Citation

Sullivan, D. (2002), What is the Basis for the Definition of the Second?, Scientific American, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=105572 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created January 1, 2002, Updated February 19, 2017