Antonyms of noun wave_theory

1 sense of wave theory

Sense 1
wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light -- ((physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves)
       Antonym of corpuscular theory (Sense 1)
      => corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light -- ((physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wave_theory

1 sense of wave theory

Sense 1
wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light -- ((physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves)
       => scientific theory -- (a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable")