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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kanika
"प्रकाश की कणिका प्रकृति ने भौतिकी में क्रांति ला दी।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Consisting of or taking the form of minute particles or corpuscles.
"Light exhibits both wave-like and corpuscular properties under different experimental conditions." - 2
Relating to blood corpuscles.
"The hematologist analyzed the corpuscular volume to diagnose the patient's anemia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin corpusculum, meaning 'small body' (a diminutive of corpus, meaning 'body'). It entered scientific and philosophical English in the 17th century, initially relating to corpuscular philosophy, which posited that matter is composed of minute particles.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Corpuscular" is said worldwide
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corpusculaire
Transliteration: /kɔʁ.pys.kyl.ɛʁ/
"La théorie corpusculaire de la lumière a été étudiée par Isaac Newton."
korpuskular
Transliteration: /kɔʁpʊskuˈlaːɐ̯/
"Die korpuskulare Natur des Lichts ist ein zentrales Konzept der Quantenphysik."
corpuscolare
Transliteration: /kor.pu.skoˈla.re/
"Il modello corpuscolare descrive la materia come composta da piccole particelle."
corpuscular
Transliteration: /koɾ.pus.kuˈlaɾ/
"La radiación corpuscular consiste en un flujo de partículas subatómicas."
corpuscular
Transliteration: /koʁ.pus.kuˈlaɾ/
"A teoria corpuscular explica a emissão de luz por corpos aquecidos."
कणिका
Transliteration: kanika
"प्रकाश की कणिका प्रकृति ने भौतिकी में क्रांति ला दी।"
微粒的
Transliteration: wēilì de
"牛顿提出了光的微粒说。"
입자상의
Transliteration: ip-jasang-ui
"빛의 입자상 성질은 현대 물리학에서 매우 중요합니다."
微粒子の
Transliteration: biryuushi no
"光の微粒子説は物理学の歴史において重要な役割を果たした。"
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