corpuscule
(kɔːˈpʌskjuːl)
[a. F. corpuscule, ad. L. corpusculum: see below.]
= corpuscle.
| 1816 L. Hunt Poems, Bacchus in Tusc. 17 All manner of corpuscules. 1853 Herschel Pop. Lect. Sc. vii. §52 (1873) 268 According to the former [theory], light consists in ‘Corpuscules’, or excessively minute material particles darted out in all directions from the luminous body. 1871 B. Stewart Heat §319 Heat is a species of motion of the corpuscules of bodies. |