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Definition: Corpuscular Theory Of Light |
Corpuscular Theory Of LightNoun1. The theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | The hypothesis, by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists of a stream of minute particles emitted by luminous bodies at very high velocities, and that the sensation of light, is due to the bombardment of the retina of the eye by these particles.Although this theory was later replaced by the wave theory of light, the concept of photons in the modern quantum theory is reminiscent of Newton theory. (references) |
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Synonym: Corpuscular Theory Of LightSynonym: corpuscular theory (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: wave theory (n). (additional references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 72 70 75 73 63 75 6C 61 72 54 68 65 6F 72 79 4F 66 4C 69 67 68 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01110010 01110000 01110101 01110011 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 01101111 01110010 01111001 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o r p u s c u l a r   T h e o r y   O f   L i g h t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0072 0070 0075 0073 0063 0075 006C 0061 0072 0054 0068 0065 006F 0072 0079 004F 0066 004C 0069 0067 0068 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378184828785698778678425474718184912497224675737486 |
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