Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun planck's_law

1 sense of planck's law

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Planck's law -- ((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)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")