Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

planck temperature

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: planck- tem-per-a-ture
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fundamental upper limit of temperature conceivable under current models of physics, in which all matter is accelerated as quickly as possible to the speed of light, approximately 1.41679 × 10³² kelvins.

Etymology

Named after German physicist Max Planck.

Inflected Forms

Planck temperatures (plural)

Phrases

Planck unit Planck time

Frequently Paired Words

TP Planck unit Planck time

Questions

What does planck temperature mean?: The fundamental upper limit of temperature conceivable under current models of physics, in which all matter is accelerated as quickly as possible to the speed of light, approximately 1.41679 × 10³² kelvins.
Where does planck temperature come from?: Named after German physicist Max Planck.

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