PLANCK'S LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Planck's law mean? 

• PLANCK'S LAW (noun)
  The noun PLANCK'S LAW has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the basis of quantum theory; the energy of electromagnetic waves is contained in indivisible quanta that have to be radiated or absorbed as a whole; the magnitude is proportional to frequency where the constant of proportionality is given by Planck's constant

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 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANCK'S LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the basis of quantum theory; the energy of electromagnetic waves is contained in indivisible quanta that have to be radiated or absorbed as a whole; the magnitude is proportional to frequency where the constant of proportionality is given by Planck's constant

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Planck's law" is a kind of...):

law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)