corpuscular adjective.
[kɔ:'pʌskjʊlǝ] M17.[formed as CORPUSCLE + -AR1.]1. Involving the idea or hypothesis of corpuscles.
M17.corpuscular theory History of Science: that light consists of a stream of particles; also called
emission theory.
2. Of or pertaining to corpuscles; consisting of or being corpuscles.
L17. ■ corpuscu'larian adjective & noun (a) adjective =
CORPUSCULAR 1;
(b) noun (
History of Science) a person who believed that matter, or light, is composed of corpuscles:
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