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cor·pus·cu·lar
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Princeton's WordNet
corpuscularadjective
of or relating to corpuscles
Wiktionary
corpuscularadjective
Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.
Etymology: From *, from corpusculum
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Corpuscular, Corpuscularianadjective
Relating to bodies; comprising bodies. It is the distinguishing epithet of that philosophy which attempts the rational solution of all physical appearances by the action of one body upon another.
Etymology: from corpusculum, Lat.
As to natural philosophy I do not expect to see any principles proposed, more comprehensive and intelligible than the corpuscularian or mechanical. Boyle.
This may be said, that the modern corpuscularians talk, in most things, more intelligibly than the peripateticks. Richard Bentley.
The mechanical or corpuscular philosophy, though peradventure the eldest, as well as the best in the world, had lain dead for many ages in contempt and oblivion. Richard Bentley, Serm.
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corpuscular
Corpuscular refers to anything relating to or resembling a small particle or an individual unit in a system, like molecules, atoms, cells, and even tiny objects or creatures. The term is often used in scientific and biological contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Corpuscularadjective
pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles
Etymology: [Cf. F. corpusculaire.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corpuscular in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corpuscular in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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