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CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE DEFINITION SECOND [1 record]

Record 1 2004-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
OBS

Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM). "Present activities concern matters related to the definition and realization of the second, establishment and diffusion of International Atomic Time (TAI) and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and advice to the CIPM on matters related to time and time scales."

Key term(s)
  • Definition of the Second Consultative Committee
  • Time and Frequency Consultative Committee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM). «Les activités actuelles du CCL concernent la définition et la réalisation de la seconde, et l'établissement et la diffusion du Temps atomique international (TAI) et du Temps universel coordonné (UTC). Le CCTF conseille aussi le CIPM pour les affaires relatives au temps et aux échelles de temps.»

Spanish

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