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| Feb 23, 2022 at 17:48 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | @Felicia Exactly, a caesium clock is extremely accurate, which is why it's desirable for high-precision applications. We need a clock of some kind to measure duration, and only an "accurate" clock will read a duration that's always very near the true, unknowable duration. No clock is perfect, but accurate clocks can get close. | |
| Feb 23, 2022 at 15:03 | comment | added | MatterGauge | The actual duration is a constant. The point is that only a perfect clock can measure this. But if you use a caesium clock your egg will be boiled fine. | |
| Feb 22, 2022 at 19:48 | history | answered | Nuclear Hoagie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |