Planck

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /plaŋk/
• Rhymes: -aŋk

Proper noun

Planck

1. A surname from German.

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普朗克 (zh) (Pǔlǎngkè)

• French: Planck (fr)
• Russian: Пла́нк (ru) (Plánk)

Noun

Planck (plural Plancks)

1. (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.]
2. (physics) A Planck unit.

Derived terms

• Planck acceleration
• Planck action
• Planck angular frequency
• Planck area
• Planck charge
• Planck current
• Planck density
• Planck energy
• Planck entropy
• Planck epoch
• Planck force
• Planck frequency
• Planckian
• Planck impedance
• Planck length
• Planck mass
• Planck momentum
• Planck particle
• Planck postulate
• Planck power
• Planck pressure
• Planck relic
• Planck scale
• Planck's constant
• Planck's law
• Planck speed
• Planck's principle
• Planck star
• Planck temperature
• Planck time
• Planck unification
• Planck unit
• Planck velocity
• Planck viscosity
• Planck voltage
• Planck volume

Translations

attributive use of surname

• Arabic: بْلَانْك (blank)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普朗克 (zh) (Pǔlǎngkè)

• Hindi: प्लैंक (pla͠ik)
• Japanese: プランク (ja) (Puranku)
• Korean: 플랑크 (Peullangkeu)
• Marathi: प्लांक n (plāṅka)
• Persian: پلانک (plânk)
• Russian: Планк (ru) (Plank)

unit of measure