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linewidth Linewidth of the Caesium clock

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linewidth of the Caesium clock

The second is defined as

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I am confused as the hyperfine transition frequency is not fixed, i.e., it has a finite linewidth. The frequency is not well defined.

Is it because the linewidth is very small? If so, why is it small?