planck
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3ADJ.
incomprehensible, shorter
PLANCK + NOUN
length, society
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than
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name
A surname from German.
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.
noun
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.
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.
A Planck unit.
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5As 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 Planc
WiktionaryAs 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 Planc
WiktionaryWolfgang works for the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.
Tatoeba · #4022715The Planck scale is incomprehensible in its minuteness.
Tatoeba · #8762338No length shorter than the Planck length of 10⁻³³ cm and no amount of time shorter than the Planck time of 10⁻⁴³ s is physically relevant.
Tatoeba · #13418898