Nearly all computers contain a quartz-crystal clock to regulate their operation.

几乎所有的计算机都有一个石英晶体时钟来调节它们的运行。

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They all use the same basic mechanism: a 32, 768hz quartz-crystal oscillator, along with the electronic and mechanical parts that convert its oscillations to clock ticks.

他们都采用同样的基本原理：一个32,768 Hz石英晶体摆动装置，同时还有电子和机械部件将振动转化成钟表的滴答声。

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Chronometers (Crystal clock) to be provided and installed in wheelhouse as specification.

驾驶台天文钟(电子钟)应按说明书内容提供与安装。

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With silk carpets, a crystal Bulgari clock, smoked-glass roof and a chilled-champagne compartment, it harkened back to the elegant Caddys of the 1930s, when Cadillac developed the automotive industry's first V-16.

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The resulting space-time crystal is being described as something akin to an infinitely running clock that does not require any additional energy once it starts going.

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