corpuscularity

Definition

The quality or state of being composed of or resembling corpuscles or tiny particles.

Etymology

Formed from 'corpuscular' plus the abstract noun suffix '-ity,' which transforms adjectives into nouns describing a quality, characteristic, or state. Emerged in scientific literature of the 17th-18th centuries.

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