Found 2 hits - Term: corpuscular theory, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corpuscular \corpus"cular\ k?r-p?s"k?-l?r, a. cf. f.
corpusculaire.
pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small
particles.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
corpuscular philosophy corpuscular theory
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
corpuscular theory
n : physics the theory that light is transmitted as a stream
of particles syn: corpuscular theory of light ant: wave
theory, wave theory
see also:
corpuscular theory of light wave theory wave theory
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