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time standard

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time standard [′tīm ‚stan·dərd]
(horology)
A recurring phenomenon, used as a reference for establishing a unit of time; the presently accepted standard is the second, defined to be 9,192,631,770 transitions between two specified hyperfine levels of the atom of cesium-133.
(industrial engineering)
standard time


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