Planck

[ plahngk ]

/ plɑŋk /

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noun

Max Karl Ernst

[mahks kahrl ernst], /mɑks kɑrl ɛrnst/, 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel prize 1918.

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Words nearby Planck

plan B, plancer, planch, planchet, planchette, Planck, Planck constant, Planck, Max, Planck's constant, Planck's law, Planck's radiation law

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How to use Planck in a sentence

That was when Planck discovered the first quantum effect in 1900.
Time Flows Toward Order - Issue 93: Forerunners|Julian Barbour|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
If the Planck constant were 100 times larger, Trachenko says, “water would be like honey, and that probably would be the end of life because the processes in cells would not flow as efficiently.”
Fundamental constants place a new speed limit on sound|Emily Conover|October 9, 2020|Science News
Located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, ACT observes the cosmic microwave background with a higher resolution than Planck did.
Despite a new measurement, the debate over the universe’s expansion rages on|Emily Conover|July 15, 2020|Science News
Some researchers had speculated that an unidentified source of experimental error in the Planck data could have accounted for the mismatch.
Despite a new measurement, the debate over the universe’s expansion rages on|Emily Conover|July 15, 2020|Science News

Usually the Planck regime is really far away from what we do.
The universe might have a fundamental clock that ticks very, very fast|Emily Conover|July 13, 2020|Science News
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, working paper, 2007.
Carla Bruni, Pregnant at 43?|Anneli Rufus|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, working paper, 2007 ( pdf).
Carla Bruni, Pregnant at 43?|Anneli Rufus|April 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A somewhat different procedure, in terms of entropy as fundamental, has been adopted and developed by Planck.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3|Various
Planck attempts to explain these facts by introducing the idea of what he calls “quanta” of energy.
A Librarian's Open Shelf|Arthur E. Bostwick
It's a wonder he hasn't put the value of Planck's Constant on the classified list.
The Mercenaries|Henry Beam Piper
Containing 400 positions selected from the Works of C. Planck and others.
Old and New Paris, v. 2|Henry Sutherland Edwards
The theory of “path nasiks” is dealt with in a pamphlet by C. Planck .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Planck

Planck

/ (plæŋk, German plaŋk) /

noun

Max (Karl Ernst Ludwig) (maks). 1858–1947, German physicist who first formulated the quantum theory (1900): Nobel prize for physics 1918

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Scientific definitions for Planck

Planck

[ plängk ]

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig 1858-1947

German physicist who in 1900 formulated quantum theory, which explained and predicted certain phenomena that could not be accounted for in classical physics. Planck's theory was essential to the work of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and many other modern physicists. In 1918 he won the Nobel Prize for physics.