Planck's constant

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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

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 / 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 (hu)
• 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