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Very small time intervals are accurately measure by

  • A.White dwarfs
  • B.Quartz clocks
  • C.Atomic clocks
  • D.Pulsars

Answer: C

Very short intervals are measured by atomic clocks, which count the oscillations of a caesium atom between two energy levels.

The second is defined as 9,192,631,770 such oscillations. The best atomic clocks would gain or lose less than a second in the age of the universe, and they are what the GPS system depends on.

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