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- noun The constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to the frequency of that photon. Its value is approximately 6.626 × 10−34 joule-seconds.
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- noun physics the
constant ofproportionality (symbol h), relating theenergy andfrequency of aphoton (6.626 x 10-34joule -seconds ); also related to theindeterminacy limit in theHeisenberg uncertainty principle ; thequantum ofaction
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- noun the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second
Etymologies
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[After Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck.]
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Named for Max Planck (1858–1947), German theoretical physicist, who discovered it in 1900.
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