corpuscular radiation

noun

Physics, Astronomy.

radiation consisting of atomic and subatomic particles, as alpha particles, beta particles, and neutrons.

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A German astronomer, Ludwig Biermann, suggested that particles emitted from the sun — what he called solar corpuscular radiation — were shaping the comet tails.