"The SI second is defined by a fixed caesium-133 transition frequency"
The SI second is defined by fixing the numerical value of the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency to 9,192,631,770 when expressed in hertz (Hz).
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The SI second, symbol s, is the SI unit of time. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency, ??Cs, to be 9,192,631,770 when expressed in hertz (Hz), where Hz = s^-1.
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The SI second is defined by fixing the caesium-133 ground-state hyperfine transition frequency Delta-nu-Cs at exactly 9,192,631,770 Hz. Adopted by the 13th CGPM (1967/68) and preserved as a defining constant in the 2019 SI revision. Verified against BIPM SI Brochure, 9th edition (2019), Section 2.3.1. The claim is exact, unambiguous, and unchanged since 1967.
Verified against BIPM SI Brochure 9th ed. Section 2.3.1: the SI second is defined by fixing the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of caesium-133 ΔνCs to 9,192,631,770 Hz. Canonical claim and merged proposal accurate.
Numerical claim verified against BIPM SI Brochure 9th edition Section 2.3.1: the SI second is defined by fixing the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom, Delta-nu(Cs), to 9,192,631,770 Hz. Note: the Answer text contains a character-encoding glitch (?? in place of the Greek symbol). Recommend a future tightening proposal to render this as Greek delta-nu or the ASCII transliteration Delta-nu(Cs).