corpuscularianism

English

Etymology

From corpuscularian +‎ -ism.

Noun

corpuscularianism (uncountable)

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

References

  1. ^ Levere, Trevor, H. (2001) Transforming Matter – A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN
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