Cor-pŭs'eu-lar, a.

adjective

a. [Sp. corpuscular, It. corpusculare, Fr. corpusculaire.] Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles.

Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, &c., of the minute particles of matter.