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If you know how much time it loses, can’t you correct for it and in theory make a “perfect” clock that doesn’t lose any time?
by amznbyebyebye 5y ago
If you know how much time it loses, can’t you correct for it and in theory make a “perfect” clock that doesn’t lose any time?
- i5heu 5y agoBut you don’t know if you have to add a second or subtract a second. You only know that your error is between -1s and +1s.
- kevincox 5y agoThis is my understanding but the term "loses" implies to laypeople like me that it is slow. Maybe better phrasing could avoid implying if it gained or lost time in the long term.