"Planck's constant" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named for Max Planck (1858–1947), German theoretical physicist, who discovered it in 1900. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=Planck's constant}} Planck's constant
  1. (quantum mechanics) the constant of proportionality (symbol ℎ), relating the energy and frequency of a photon (6.626×10⁻³⁴ joule-second); also related to the indeterminacy limit in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle; the quantum of action Wikipedia link: Max Planck, Planck's constant Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics Translations (constant): ثَابِت بُلَانْك (ṯābit bulank) [masculine] (Arabic), конста́нта на Планк (konstánta na Plank) [feminine] (Bulgarian), constant de Planck [feminine] (Catalan), 普朗克常數 (Chinese Mandarin), 普朗克常数 (Pǔlǎngkè chángshù) (Chinese Mandarin), Planckova konstanta [feminine] (Czech), Plancks konstant (Danish), constante van Planck [feminine] (Dutch), Plancki konstant (Estonian), Planckin vakio (Finnish), constante de Planck [feminine] (French), constante de Planck [feminine] (Galician), Plancksches Wirkungsquantum [neuter] (German), σταθερά του Πλανκ (statherá tou Plank) [feminine] (Greek), קבוע פלאנק (english: kavua plank) [masculine] (Hebrew), Planck-állandó (Hungarian), konstanta Planck (Indonesian), costante di Planck [feminine] (Italian), プランク定数 (Puranku teisū) (Japanese), 플랑크 상수 (Peullangkeu sangsu) (Korean), Planka konstante (Latvian), Planko konstanta [feminine] (Lithuanian), Plancks konstant (Norwegian), ثابت پلانک (sâbet-e plânk) (Persian), stała Plancka [feminine] (Polish), constante de Planck (Portuguese), постоя́нная Пла́нка (postojánnaja Plánka) [feminine] (Russian), Планкова константа [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Planckova konstanta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Planckova konštanta [feminine] (Slovak), Planckova konstanta [feminine] (Slovene), constante de Planck [feminine] (Spanish), Plancks konstant [common-gender] (Swedish), ค่าคงที่ของพลังค์ (kâa kong têe kŏng plang) (Thai), Planck sabiti (Turkish), hằng số Planck (Vietnamese)

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