About The Word Corpuscular
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Corpuscular
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What's The Definition Of Corpuscular?
[adj] of or relating to corpuscles
Synonyms | Synonyms for Corpuscular: Related Terms | Find terms related to Corpuscular: See Also | Corpuscular In Webster's Dictionary \Cor*pus"cu*lar\ (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F.
corpusculaire.]
Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small
particles.
{Corpuscular philosophy}, that which attempts to account for
the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest,
position, etc., of the minute particles of matter.
{Corpuscular theory} (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir
Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and
rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The
theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the
undulatory theory.
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