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To: dirtboy

Temperature is to do with the movement of molecules.

At any temperature where Caesium is still Caesium, those hyperfine levels internal to Caesium won’t change.

Analogy: no matter how fast you drive your car, the distance between your pedals doesn’t change. Unless you crash the car :0)


24 posted on 08/20/2009 8:47:09 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra
Analogy: no matter how fast you drive your car, the distance between your pedals doesn’t change. Unless you crash the car

Or unless you skid sideways at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light ... in which case the pedals would get closer together, as measured by an observer.

26 posted on 08/20/2009 8:51:17 AM PDT by r9etb
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