NOUN | cognition | corpuscular theory of light, corpuscular theory | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles |
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Meaning | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles. | |
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Synonym | corpuscular theory | |
Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
Opposite | wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves |
Spanish | teoría corpuscular | |
Catalan | teoria corpuscular de la llum, teoria corpuscular |
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