Planck

[plahngk]

noun

1. Max Karl Ernst 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1918.

Planck

/ plaŋk, plæŋk /

noun

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

Planck

1. 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.

Example Sentences

However, interest in evolving dark energy was vigorously rekindled last year from the combination of supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillation, and cosmic microwave background data from the DES, DESI, and Planck experiments.

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He is also affiliated with the Max Planck Institute.

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"Sugars are central to the marine carbon cycle," concludes first author Conor Crawford from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.

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“The whole game is meaningless, crushing, exhausting,” said Xiang Biao, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany.

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However, since then, it has been defined by what is known as Planck's constant, which relates to the quantum nature of energy.

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