enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory.

Corpuscularian
(Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an) a. Corpuscular. [Obs.]

Corpuscularian
(Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an), n. An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.

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