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

In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research has now introduced a novel method by which copper is effectively removed from tumor cells, killing them.

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

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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology are interested in how insects perceive odors and process them in their brains.

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“I see it as a great honor for my research and was moved,” says Schwille, from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.

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In addition to the Universities of Basel and Michigan, experts from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena and the National Museum of Mongolia were also involved in the research project.

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