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Definition: Corpuscle |
CorpuscleNoun1. Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "corpuscle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
Etymology: Corpuscle \Cor"pus*cle\ (-p[u^]s*s'l), noun. [Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A small mass or body; a sensory nerve end bulb; a cell, especially that of the blood or the lymph. (references) |
Physics | Particle with a rest mass. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CorpuscleSynonyms: blood cell (n), blood corpuscle (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Smallness | Small quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive; snip, snippet; snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Corpuscle |
| English words defined with "corpuscle": Bioplast, Blood corpuscle ♦ Corpuscule, Cystoplast ♦ Gymnoplast ♦ Haematoblast ♦ Poikilocyte ♦ sense organ. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corpuscle": achroacyte ♦ Erythrocyte Membrane ♦ homeocyte ♦ Juxtaglomerular Apparatus ♦ leukomonocyte, lymph corpuscle, lymphoid cell, lymphoid corpuscle, lymphoid leucocyte ♦ Merkel Cells, molecule ♦ small mononuclear leucocyte. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter, by a closer resemblance to the atom, also the ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic. A fourth affirms, with Haeckel, the condensation of precipitation of matter from ether -- whose existence is proved by the condensation of precipitation. The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions. The ion differs from the molecule, the corpuscle and the atom in that it is an ion. A fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any more about the matter than the others. |
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| "Corpuscle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Corpuscle" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "corpuscle": blood corpuscle ♦ lymph corpuscle ♦ lymphoid corpuscle ♦ malpighian corpuscle ♦ Pacinian corpuscle ♦ red blood corpuscle ♦ red corpuscle ♦ renal corpuscle ♦ white blood corpuscle ♦ white corpuscle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
corpuscle pacinian | 3 |
corpuscle | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "corpuscle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rruazë e gjakut, grimcë (crumb, grain, granule, mote, particle, tiny bit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كروات دموية, خلية حية, جسمية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | телце, кръвно телце, корпускула. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tìlísko, krvinka (blood cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | corpusculum, corpuscle, partikel (particle), lille legeme (granule), korpuskel (granule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pilletje (marble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | globeto (marble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گلبول (Glob, Globule), تنیزه , ذره (Ace, Bit, Dust, Grain, Iota, Jot, Nip, Particle, Scruple, Shred, Speck, Vestige, Whit), جسمک . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | osanen (element, fragment, item, particle, small part), hiukkanen (grain, particle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | corpuscule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Korpuskel (particle), Atom (atom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωμάτιο (granule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כ"ורית "ם (globule), 'ופיף. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | testecske (corpuscule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corpuscolo (corpuscule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 微'子 (minute particle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | びりゅうし (minute particle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | corpeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | blodlegeme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orpusclecay corpúsculo (corpuscule). (various references) corpuscul (particle, small body), electron (electron), atom (atom, particle). (various references) частица (fraction, particle, quantum, speck). (various references) najsitnija čestica. (various references) corpúsculo (corpuscule). (various references) blodkropp (blood corpuscle, blood-corpuscle). (various references) zerre (atom, corpuscule, crumb, grain, granule, iota, jot, mite, molecule, monad, mote, particle, rap, Ray, scintilla, shadow, sparklet, speck, tittle, touch, vestige, whit), parçacık (corpuscular, corpuscule, fleck, particle, shiver, Spall), kan yuvarı (corpuscule), kan hücresi (blood cell, corpuscule), kürecik (globule, spherule). (various references) корпускула (corpuscule), атом (atom, corpuscule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "corpuscle": corpuscles. (additional references) | |
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"Corpuscle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: carpuscle, corpusel, corpusele, corpusle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-l-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: couplers. | |
-2 letters: closeup, closure, colures, coupler, couples, croupes, leprous, pelorus, recoups, scruple, sporule. | |
-3 letters: ceorls, cercus, cerous, closer, clours, coleus, colure, copers, corpse, corpus, coupes, couple, course, cresol, crocus, croupe, croups, crouse, cruces, cupels, lopers, loupes, lucres, occurs, oscule, polers, poseur, proles, pulers, pulser, recoup, sloper, soccer, source, splore, spruce, succor, ulcers, uprose. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-e-l-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: corpuscles. | |
+2 letters: corpulences. | |
+3 letters: corpulencies, cupronickels, microcapsule, plutocracies, precociously. | |
+4 letters: microcapsules. | |
+5 letters: nonspectacular, preconsciously. | |
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