Energy and Frequency. Planck showed how the energy of a quantum of light is related is related to its frequency. He defined a constant, known as Planckâs constant, which, when multiplied by the frequency of a light quantum, gives its energy.
curiosity noun (INTEREST). B2 [U] an âeager âwish to âknow or âlearn about something: to âarouse/âexcite/âsatisfy someone's curiosity I'm âburning with curiosity-you must âtell me who âwon! She âdecided to âcall her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity.
curiosity killed the cat. It's best to mind one's own business. For example, Don't ask about his divorce-curiosity killed the cat. This cautionary expression sounds like the moral of some fable or folktale, but any such origin for it has been lost. The first recorded use was in O. Henry's Schools and Schools (1909).