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Definition of Corpuscular theory
1. Noun. (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles.
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Antonyms: Wave Theory, Wave Theory Of Light
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corpuscular Theory
Literary usage of Corpuscular theory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Atomic Theory by Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1881)
"Thus the theory of volumes and the atomic or corpuscular theory led to the same
results, as far as the ponderable relations of elements in combinations are ..."
2. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"DISCOVERY OF THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE corpuscular theory 17.
Romer—Finite Velocity of Light.—A new era in the history of optics was ..."
3. A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1803)
"I. corpuscular theory. HEN we contemplate the objects around us, and confine our
views to the globe we inhabit, we discover a vast variety of substances ..."
4. Light: A Textbook for Students who Have Had One Year of Physics by Herbert Meredith Reese (1921)
"The corpuscular theory of light.—We have now learned enough about some of the
general properties of light to enquire with some degree of intelligence as to ..."
5. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"Summary View of the corpuscular theory.—Summary View of the Undulatory Theory.—These
Theories compared—Discoveries of Dr. Young. ..."
6. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"corpuscular theory—Undulatory theory. —6. Undulatory theory explained and
examined—Roemer's discovery of the velocity of light—Newton's solution of the ..."
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