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Planck length
(lP)
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Planck lengthhas symbol lP2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has value 1.6160 × 10-35 mhas URL: http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?eqplkl, 2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has equation 2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has uncertainty 0.0012 × 10-35 m2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has definition The dimension at which space is predicted to become "foamlike" and at which Einstein's theory is supposed to break down.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has definition The size limit at which normal notions of space-time are supposed to break down.has source: Peat, D. 1988 Superstrings and the Search for a Theory of Everything, Contemporary Books, 2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
has definition The scale below which quantum fluctuations in the fabric of spacetime would become enormous. The size of a typical string in string theory.has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
is an instance of universal constant2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
is an instance of length2001-09-27 09:33:00.0
lengthhas unit length unit2001-09-27 09:33:26.0
fundamental physical constanthas accuracy2001-09-27 09:32:59.0