1. of, relating to, or consisting of corpuscles (tiny particles or cells)
Usage: formal; scientific
2. relating to the theory that light and other radiation consist of particles rather than waves
Usage: physics

Examples

• The corpuscular nature of blood includes red cells, white cells, and platelets.
• Newton's corpuscular theory of light proposed that light travels as streams of particles.
• Modern physics recognizes both the wave and corpuscular properties of light.
• Corpuscular radiation consists of fast-moving particles such as electrons and protons.
• The corpuscular structure of matter became clearer with the discovery of atoms.