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corpuscular theory

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corpuscular theory
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(Physics / General Physics) the theory, originally proposed by Newton, and revived with the development of the quantum theory, that light consists of a stream of particles See photon Compare wave theory
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Noun1.corpuscular theory - (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles
corpuscular theory of light
scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
undulatory theory, wave theory, wave theory of light - (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves


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Boerhaave was an enthusiast for Cartesian and Newtonian explanations of matter and motion early in his career and gave expression to mechanical, corpuscular theory in his explanation of how normal and abnormal physiology are determined by the flow of corpuscles of various sizes through vessels and fibers that constitute the solid parts of animal bodies.
Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738): Calvinist Chemist and Physician by Shackelford, Jole / Renaissance Quarterly
For example, he is likely to have been taught a corpuscular theory of matter ultimately derived - via Julius Caesar Scaliger and influences from sixteenth-century Cambridge - from late medieval Aristotelian concepts of minima naturalia.
Gehennical Fire: The Lives of George Starkey, an American Alchemist ... by Siraisi, Nancy G. / Renaissance Quarterly
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