Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
corpuscular .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Corpuscular.
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- adjective archaic
corpuscular
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Examples
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He inoculated healthy worms with the corpusculous matter, and watched the consequent growth of the disease.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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Pasteur was competent to tell them, that the finest cocoons may envelope doomed corpusculous moths.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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It is entirely the effect of a single corpusculous repast; an effect more or less prompt according to the epoch of life of the worm that has eaten the poisoned food.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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From moths perfectly free from corpuscles he obtained healthy worms, and selecting 10, 20, 30, 50, as the case might be, he introduced into the worms the corpusculous matter.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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Rubbing up a small corpusculous worm in water, he smeared the mixture over the mulberry-leaves.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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