corpuscularianism

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atomism

Etymology edit

corpuscularian +‎ -ism

Noun edit

corpuscularianism (uncountable)

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

Related terms edit

corpuscle

References edit

^ 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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