Planck

American  

[plahngk] / plɑŋk /

noun

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

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Planck British  

/ 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

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Planck Scientific  

/ plängk /

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.

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Planck

Quantum theory suggests there is in fact such a limit, called the Planck length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The new work became possible through a technique developed by co-author Claire Donnelly at the Max Planck Institute in Germany.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

If that were true, the Planck scale could be much closer to the energy scales physicists can experimentally reach.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Part of the pressure comes from parents who also see their child as their only hope for the future, says renowned Chinese sociologist and director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Xiang Biao.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

The Planck formula did not zoom off to infinity as the wavelength decreased; instead of having the energy get bigger and bigger as the wavelength goes down, it got smaller and smaller again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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