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CORPUSCULAR THEORY [1 record]

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Record 1 1983-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

The view, formerly held, that a beam of light consists of a stream of fast-moving material particles.

Key term(s)
  • particle theory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

(...) deux très grands savants, Christian Huyghens et Isaac Newton, ont étudié avec beaucoup de profondeur des phénomènes optiques nouveaux et se sont prononcés le premier pour une théorie ondulatoire de la lumière, le second pour une théorie corpusculaire.

OBS

Voir "lumière" dans la source Grand Larousse encyclopédique.

Spanish

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