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Webster 1913 Edition

Corpuscular

Cor-pus′cu-lar

(k?r-p?s′k?-l?r)
,
Adj.
[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.
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corpuscular

CORPUSCULAR

,
Adj.
Relating to corpuscles, or small particles, supposed to be the constituent materials of all large bodies. The corpuscular philosophy attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, &c., of the minute particles of matter.

Definition 2024

corpuscular

corpuscular

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Adjective

corpuscular ‎(comparative more corpuscular, superlative most corpuscular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.

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Etymology

From New Latin *corpuscularis, from corpusculum ‎(“corpuscle”).

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