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OCR: ATOMIC CLOCK THE MEASUREMENT of time for that take place inside the atoms ofthe scientific purposes has to metal cesium. Because these changes precise The atomic clock the most are regular they create precise accurate clock in existence today. It standard for time. The clock will lose measures the minute energy changes only few seconds 100 000 years. Control panel Clock face Counting vibrations An atomic clock measures the natural vibra tions 01 cesium atoms. They vib rate over billion times per second