corpuscularian

English

Etymology

From corpuscular +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

Adjective

corpuscularian (comparative more corpuscularian, superlative most corpuscularian)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to or consisting of corpuscules; corpuscular.
  2. (now historical) Related to the corpuscular theory; pertaining to corpuscules or atoms; atomic.
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 239:
      Boerhaave promoted mechanistic disease explanation within a corpuscularian matter theory, seeing health in terms of hydrostatic equilibrium, a balance of internal fluid pressures.

Derived terms

Noun

corpuscularian (plural corpuscularians)

  1. (dated) An adherent of the corpuscular theory of chemistry.
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