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A clock has three main parts: an oscillating system, such as a pendulum, spring, or electrical circuit; a source of energy; and a trigger mechanism or escapement that connects the energy source to the oscillator. A clock’s face presents the oscillator’s output in some useful way.
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Hoppensteadt, F.C., Peskin, C.S. (1992). Biological Clocks and Mechanisms of Neural Control. In: Mathematics in Medicine and the Life Sciences. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 10. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4131-5_11
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