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OCR: ATOMIC CLOCK .............................................. AN ATOMIC CLOCK is a remarkably accurate means of measuring the passage of time. Atomic clocks are driven by electrical impulses that are synchronized to a constant phenomenon, such as an oscillation in the structure of an atom or molecule. The ammonia molecule, for example, changes structure and then returns to its original state every 41.8 microseconds.