Planck Length
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CORE DEFINITION
The smallest meaningful measurable length (approximately $1.6 \times 10^{-35}$ meters). Below this scale, existing physical laws (general relativity and quantum mechanics) break down, and space itself is no longer continuous.
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The granularity limit of cognition. Any analytical model has its 'Planck length'. For example, using macroeconomic theory to analyze the micro-operations of a convenience store, or using quantum mechanics to explain interpersonal relationships, is invalid. Appropriate tools must be used at the appropriate scale.
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The Planck length is the smallest length scale (about 1.6×10^-35 meters) composed of gravitational constants and other constants, below which the concept of spacetime may break down, and it is the characteristic scale of quantum gravity.
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