different between corpuscular vs corpuscle

English

Etymology

From New Latin *corpuscularis, from corpusculum (“corpuscle”).

Adjective

corpuscular (comparative more corpuscular, superlative most corpuscular)

1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.

Derived terms

• corpuscularism
• corpuscular radiation
• corpuscular theory

Related terms

• corpuscle

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French corpusculaire

Adjective

corpuscular m or n (feminine singular corpuscular?, masculine plural corpusculari, feminine and neuter plural corpusculare)

1. corpuscular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?pusku?la?/, [ko?.pus.ku?la?]

Adjective

corpuscular (plural corpusculares)

1. corpuscular

English

Etymology

From Latin corpusculum, diminutive of corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???p?s?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???p?s?l/

Noun

corpuscle (plural corpuscles)

1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
   • 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend

     It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.

2. A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.

Derived terms

• blood corpuscle
• kidney corpuscle, Malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
• red corpuscle
• Ruffini's corpuscle

Related terms

• corpuscular
• corpuscularism
• corpuscularianism

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