planck's radiation law

Planck's radiation law

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noun planck's radiation law the law that energy associated with electromagnetic radiation, as light, is composed of discrete quanta of energy, each quantum equal to Planck's constant times the corresponding frequency of the radiation: the fundamental law of quantum mechanics. 1
noun planck's radiation law the law giving the spectral distribution of radiation from a blackbody. 1

before 1905

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First recorded in 1905-10; named after M. K. E. Planck

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