corpuscular theory

1. 1.

   (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles

   Synonymscorpuscular theory of light

   Antonymswave theory

   Broaderscientific theory

   physics

Questions about corpuscular theory

What does corpuscular theory mean?

corpuscular theory means "(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles".

What is another word for corpuscular theory?

Close synonyms include corpuscular theory of light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of corpuscular theory?

The recorded antonyms are wave theory.

Is corpuscular theory a common word?

corpuscular theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.