Planck

[ plahngk ]

noun

1. Max Karl Ernst [mahks kah, r, l e, r, nst], 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1918.

Planck

/ plaŋk; plæŋk /

noun

1. PlanckMax (Karl Ernst Ludwig)18581947MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Max ( Karl Ernst Ludwig ) (maks). 1858–1947, German physicist who first formulated the quantum theory (1900): Nobel prize for physics 1918

Planck

/ plängk /

1. German physicist who in 1900 formulated quantum theory, which explained and predicted certain phenomena that could not be accounted for in classical physics. Planck's theory was essential to the work of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and many other modern physicists. In 1918 he won the Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

While these enormous mirrors will be used to capture the light of the cosmos, ESO’s neighbours in Garching, at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, have created a quantum mirror to operate at the tiniest scales imaginable.

From BBC

While these enormous mirrors will be used to capture the light of the cosmos, ESO’s neighbours in Garching, at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, have created a quantum mirror to operate at the tiniest scales imaginable.

From BBC

The findings have worrisome implications about the ocean’s vital ability to act as a carbon sink, or a place that removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, said David Nielson, the study’s lead author and a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

However, there appears to be another player in this system, as the research groups led by Christian Schröter at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund and Ivan Bedzhov at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Biomedicine in Münster have now discovered by using an embryo-like model system they developed.

From Science Daily

In their current study, the Max Planck researchers were able to identify another key player in axis formation.

From Science Daily