corpuscular theory

corpuscular theory

noun Physics.
the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles.
Compare wave theory.


Origin:
1825–35
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Corpuscular theory is always a great word to know.
So is radiation. Does it mean:
one of the units, as mass, length, time, or electric current, taken as a basis for a system of units in the sciences
the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body
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corpuscular theory
 
n
photon Compare wave theory the theory, originally proposed by Newton, and revived with the development of the quantum theory, that light consists of a stream of particles

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