Planck's constant

Planck's constant

English

Etymology

Named for Max Planck (1858–1947), German theoretical physicist, who discovered it in 1900.

Noun

Planck's constant

1. (physics) the constant of proportionality (symbol ℎ), relating the energy and frequency of a photon (6.626 × 10⁻³⁴ joule-seconds); also related to the indeterminacy limit in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle; the quantum of action

Translations

constant

Arabic: ثَابِت بُلَانْك‎ m (ṯābit bulank) Bulgarian: конста́нта на Планк f (konstánta na Plank) Catalan: constant de Planck f Chinese: Mandarin: 普朗克常數 (zh), 普朗克常数 (zh) (Pǔlǎngkè chángshù) Czech: Planckova konstanta f Danish: Plancks konstant Dutch: constante van Planck (nl) f Estonian: Plancki konstant Finnish: Planckin vakio (fi) French: constante de Planck (fr) f Galician: constante de Planck f German: Plancksches Wirkungsquantum n Greek: σταθερά του Πλανκ f (statherá tou Plank) Hebrew: קבוע פלאנק‎ m (kavua plank) Hungarian: Planck-állandó Indonesian: konstanta Planck Italian: costante di Planck f Japanese: プランク定数 (Puranku teisū) Korean: 플랑크 상수 (Peullangkeu sangsu) Latvian: Planka konstante Lithuanian: Planko konstanta f Norwegian: Plancks konstant Persian: ثابت پلانک‎ (sâbet-e plânk) Polish: stała Plancka f Portuguese: constante de Planck Russian: постоя́нная Пла́нка f (postojánnaja Plánka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Планкова константа Roman: Planckova konstanta f Slovak: Planckova konštanta f Slovene: Planckova konstanta f Spanish: constante de Planck f Swedish: Plancks konstant (sv) c Thai: ค่าคงที่ของพลังค์ (kâa kong têe kŏng plang) Turkish: Planck sabiti Vietnamese: hằng số Planck