Definition of Corposcular
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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