Definition of Planck

1. Noun. German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947).

Exact synonyms: Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Max Planck
Generic synonyms: Physicist

Definition of Planck

1. Noun. The units of measure eponymous of Max Planck. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname German from=German) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planck

Placido da Costa's disk
Placidyl
Placuna
Placuna placenta
Plagianthus
Plagianthus betulinus
Plagianthus regius
Plain of Jars
Plains
Plains Apache
Plains Indian
Plains Miwok
Plaisir
Plameology
Planalto slaty antshrike
Planck
Planck's constant
Planck's law
Planck's radiation law
Planck's theory
Planck area
Planck constant
Planck energy
Planck epoch
Planck era
Planck length
Planck particle
Planck scale
Planck speed
Planck temperature

Literary usage of Planck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van by New York State Library, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer, Nicolaas de Roever, Susan De Lancey Van Rennselaer Strong (1908)
"... planck. I therefore trust all my affairs to your honor. ... planck, with orders to distribute the people when: they are most needed, ..."

2. Cartanian Geometry, Nonlinear Waves, and Control Theory. by Robert Hermann (1980)
"... mechanics is that both seem to involve partial differential equations of the same general nature, eg, the Schrödinger and Fokker-planck operators. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Sun's Radiation and Other Solar Phenomena: In Continuation by Frank Hagar Bigelow (1918)
"The Derivation of the Wien-planck Formula for Black Radiation in a Spectrum The ... The following statement somewhat modifies that followed by planck,* ..."

4. History of German Theology in the Nineteenth Century by Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1889)
"The historian GOTTLIEB JAKOB planck (1751-1833)1 may likewise be ranked in this ... There he found his friend Spittler, a historian like himself.2 planck ..."

5. Topics in the Geometric Theory of Integrable Mechanical Systems by Robert Hermann (1984)
"GENERAL FOKKER-planck OPERATOR We can unify and generalize the two examples of the last section by defining a general Fokker-planck (FP) operator on a ..."

6. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"... Commentatio, Auctore HENRICO planck. Goettingen. 1810. [Reprinted in the Commentationes The- ..."

7. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van by New York State Library, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand Van Laer, Nicolaas de Roever, Susan De Lancey Van Rennselaer Strong (1908)
"... planck. I therefore trust all my affairs to your honor. ... planck, with orders to distribute the people when: they are most needed, ..."

8. Cartanian Geometry, Nonlinear Waves, and Control Theory. by Robert Hermann (1980)
"... mechanics is that both seem to involve partial differential equations of the same general nature, eg, the Schrödinger and Fokker-planck operators. ..."

9. A Treatise on the Sun's Radiation and Other Solar Phenomena: In Continuation by Frank Hagar Bigelow (1918)
"The Derivation of the Wien-planck Formula for Black Radiation in a Spectrum The ... The following statement somewhat modifies that followed by planck,* ..."

10. History of German Theology in the Nineteenth Century by Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1889)
"The historian GOTTLIEB JAKOB planck (1751-1833)1 may likewise be ranked in this ... There he found his friend Spittler, a historian like himself.2 planck ..."

11. Topics in the Geometric Theory of Integrable Mechanical Systems by Robert Hermann (1984)
"GENERAL FOKKER-planck OPERATOR We can unify and generalize the two examples of the last section by defining a general Fokker-planck (FP) operator on a ..."

12. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"... Commentatio, Auctore HENRICO planck. Goettingen. 1810. [Reprinted in the Commentationes The- ..."

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