"Planck scale" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (physics) The scale at which quantum-mechanical effects become significant to depicting spacetime & other gravitational phenomena, typically defined as being on the order of one Planck length (~10⁻³⁵ m). Wikipedia link: Planck scale Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics

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