Planck Scale: meaning and example
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Planck Scale
The scale at which quantum gravitational effects dominate, requiring a unification of quantum mechanics and general relativity.
“At the Planck Scale, conventional physics breaks down, necessitating a quantum gravity theory to describe phenomena.”
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