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Planck
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English
Etymology
en :bor de:Planck + 1
Pronunciation
en RP
en /ˈplæŋk/ [ˈpʰl̥æŋk]
en æŋk 1
en GA
en /ˈplɑ(ː)ŋk/ [ˈpʰl̥ɑŋk]
en ɑ(ː)ŋk 1
en Planck
en plonk US plank UK
Proper noun
en German.
en October 9, 2023 Dennis Overbye The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/science/science-nobel-prize.html w:The New York Times As Dr. Feynman noted, there are still shorter scales of time and distance to go before we reach the ultimate limits imposed by quantum physics: the Planck length, 10^-33 of a centimeter, and the Planck time, 10^-43 of a second. Both are named for the German physicist Max Planck, who made the breakthrough that led to quantum mechanics. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012001321/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/science/science-nobel-prize.html
Derived terms
en planckon
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 普朗克 Pǔlǎngkè
French: fr Planck
Polish: pl Planck m f
Russian: ru Пла́нк
Noun
en physics Used attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the realm of quantum theory. from 20th c.
en October 9, 2023 Dennis Overbye The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/science/science-nobel-prize.html w:The New York Times As Dr. Feynman noted, there are still shorter scales of time and distance to go before we reach the ultimate limits imposed by quantum physics: the Planck length, 10^-33 of a centimeter, and the Planck time, 10^-43 of a second. Both are named for the German physicist Max Planck, who made the breakthrough that led to quantum mechanics. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012001321/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/08/science/science-nobel-prize.html
en physics A Planck unit.
Derived terms
en Planck acceleration Planck action Planck angular frequency Planck area Planck charge Planck's constant Planck current Planck density Planck energy Planck entropy Planck epoch Planck force Planck frequency Planckian Planck impedance Planck's law Planck length Planck mass Planck momentum Planck particle Planck postulate Planck power Planck pressure Planck's principle Planck scale Planck relic Planck speed Planck star Planck temperature Planck time Planck unification Planck unit Planck velocity Planck viscosity Planck voltage Planck volume
Translations
attributive use of surname
Arabic: ar بْلَانْك blank
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 普朗克 Pǔlǎngkè
Hindi: hi प्लैंक
Japanese: ja プランク Puranku
Korean: ko ^플랑크
Marathi: mr प्लांक n
Persian: fa پلانک plânk
Polish: pl Planck m
Russian: ru Планк
unit of measure
Polish: pl jednostka Plancka f
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