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corpuscular theory

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corpuscular theory

 
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–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

noun
(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles [ant: undulatory theory] 
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