PLANCK'S CONSTANT

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

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

1. the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second

  Familiarity information: PLANCK'S CONSTANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANCK'S CONSTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

h; Planck's constant

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

constant of proportionality; factor of proportionality (the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality)