Definition
Related to or made up of tiny particles or cells called corpuscles.
Etymology
Derived from 'corpuscule' or 'corpusculum' plus the adjectival suffix '-ar.' This term became prominent in 17th-century scientific discourse when scientists proposed corpuscular theories to explain physical phenomena like light and gravity.
Kelly Says
The 'corpuscular theory of light' battled the 'wave theory' for centuries—turns out Einstein proved both were right (light acts as both particles and waves), making this old Latin term central to quantum mechanics, one of the most mind-bending discoveries in physics!
Translations
CACatalà
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
CSČeština
korpuskulární
kor-pus-ku-la-rni
DADansk
kropslig
krops-lig
DEDeutsch
körpereigen
kor-per-eye-gen
ELΕλληνικά
σωματικό
so-ma-ti-ko
ESEspañol
corpúsculo
kor-poo-skoo-loh
FISuomi
solujen
so-lu-jen
FRFrançais
corpusculaire
kor-poo-skyo-lair
HUMagyar
testelmé
tes-tel-me
IDBahasa Indonesia
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
ITItaliano
corpuscolare
kor-poo-sko-la-re
JA日本語
微粒子状の
bei-sho-u-ri-zi-zu-jou-no
MSBahasa Melayu
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
NLNederlands
corpusculair
kor-pus-kyoo-lair
NONorsk
kroppslig
kropps-lig
PLPolski
korpuskularny
kor-pus-ku-lar-ny
PTPortuguês
corpuscular
kor-poo-skoo-lar
RORomână
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
RUРусский
корпускулярный
kor-pus-ku-lyar-nyy
SVSvenska
kroppslig
kropps-lig
SWKiswahili
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
TAதமிழ்
குழம்புகள்
ku-zha-m-bu-gal
TLTL
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
TRTürkçe
korpusküler
kor-pus-kyoo-ler
UKУкраїнська
корпускулярний
kor-pus-ku-lyar-nyy
VITiếng Việt
corpuscular
kor-pus-ku-lar
ZH中文
微粒状的
wei-li-zhuang-de