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A Corpuscle (n.) need ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not be a tiny ball on a track: it may be anything that acts all at once or never, like a photon.

A Particle (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a knot in a field: the singular heart of a wave that reaches everywhere, so that obstacles far away bend its path.

A Wave (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the particle's way of feeling the world: the edge of a screen acts on a photon only through the wave, which serves as the go-between of their energy.