Etymology

Planck unit

Today it means: Any one of several natural units in a system originally proposed by Max Planck based on universal constants. Symbols for Planck units are the symbol for the physical quantity with a subscript P. Full definition →

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Named after Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist.

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