Corpuscular

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corpuscular \Cor*pus"cu*lar\ (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F.
     corpusculaire.]
     Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small
     particles.
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     {Corpuscular philosophy}, that which attempts to account for
        the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest,
        position, etc., of the minute particles of matter.
  
     {Corpuscular theory} (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir
        Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and
        rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The
        theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the
        undulatory theory.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corpuscular
       adj : of or relating to corpuscles