corpuscular theory


nounPhysics.
  1. the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles.

Origin of corpuscular theory

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First recorded in 1825–35

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corpuscular theory

noun
  1. the theory, originally proposed by Newton, and revived with the development of the quantum theory, that light consists of a stream of particles: Compare photon, wave theory

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