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单词 corpuscularian
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corpuscularianadj.n.

/kɔːˌpʌskjʊˈlɛːrɪən/
Etymology: formed as corpuscular adj. + -an suffix.
A. adj.
1. = corpuscular adj. 2.
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the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adjective] > concerned with corpuscles
corpuscularian1664
corpuscular1667
corpusculary1702
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. B2 The Atomical and Corpuscularian Philosophers.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 15 Epicurean and other Corpuscularian Infidels.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 339 (note) The Atomic or Corpuscularian Physiology.
1837 J. Macculloch Proofs Attrib. God II. 444 My object is not either to detail the corpuscularian hypothesis or to controvert it.
2. = corpuscular adj. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > substance > [adjective] > minute piece of
corpuscular1671
corpuscularian1705
corpusculated1859
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > [adjective] > minute portion of
corpuscular1671
corpuscularian1705
corpusculated1859
1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 433 The corpuscularian essences of bodies.
B. n.
An adherent of the corpuscular or atomic philosophy, or of the corpuscular theory of light.
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the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [noun] > theory of > student or adherent of
corpuscularian1666
atomist1845
atomician1850
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 1 I will assume the person of a Corpuscularian.
1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 484/2 Though the philosophy of Des Cartes resembled that of the Corpuscularians.
a1835 J. Macculloch Proofs & Illustr. Attributes God (1837) II. xxxvii. 391 The idlest dreams of the corpuscularians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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