tml">scencd_c</a> will assume the partition to be the earliest one
   possible that contains the clock string being encoded. It's good
   practice to always include the partition number in SCLK strings.
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   To convert to ticks since clock start, <a href="../cspice/scencd_c.html">scencd_c</a> processes the partition
   number. It has to know how many ticks were in all preceding partitions,
   and what the start and stop clock values were for each. This information
   is stored in a SCLK kernel file for 