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Corpuscular

Corpuscular meaning

Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.

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For example, a patient can view his or her “mean corpuscular volume” on a graph, but without any explanation about what the numbers actually mean.

Eddington measured starlight deflections twice those predicted by Newtonian corpuscular theory, in accordance with the predictions of general relativity.

In the 18th century Newton's corpuscular theory was held to be true; only after Young's well known slit experiment in 1803 were most scientists persuaded to believe Huygens' theory.

It has attracted the most controversy and criticism, especially from corpuscular philosophy and quantum mechanics.

Kristian Birkeland, "Are the Solar Corpuscular Rays that penetrate the Earth's Atmosphere Negative or Positive Rays?" in Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter, I Mat -- Naturv.

Newton's corpuscular theory implied that light would travel faster in a denser medium, while the wave theory of Huygens and others implied the opposite.

Siméon Denis Poisson added to Fresnel's mathematical work to produce a convincing argument in favour of the wave theory, helping to overturn Newton's corpuscular theory.

The corpuscular properties of a particle are demonstrated when it is shown to have a localized position in space along its trajectory at any given moment.