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corpuscularianism

corpuscularianism

English

Noun

corpuscularianism (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) The postulate that all physical bodies possess an inner and outer layer of minute particles or corpuscles.[1]

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References

  1. Levere, Trevor, H. (2001) Transforming Matter – A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball, The Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-6610-3