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macroscopic

[ mak-ruh-skop-ik ]

/ ˌmæk rəˈskɒp ɪk /

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adjective

visible to the naked eye.Compare microscopic (def. 1).

pertaining to large units; comprehensive.

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Also mac·ro·scop·i·cal .

Origin of macroscopic

First recorded in 1870–75; macro- + -scope + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM macroscopic

mac·ro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby macroscopic

macrophyte, macroplankton, macropodous, macropsia, macropterous, macroscopic, macrosegment, macrosociology, macrosporangium, macrospore, macrostructure

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How to use macroscopic in a sentence

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The one example that she discusses where constructor theory can achieve something that the current theories cannot is to provide macroscopic laws that are truly irreversible.
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The next better laws of nature might come from macroscopic objects, not microscopic ones.
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His research interests are in understanding how macroscopic patterns and processes are maintained at the level of ecosystems and the biosphere.
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At the macroscopic scale, how long an object takes to go from A to B is simply the distance divided by the object’s speed.
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It is quite compact in appearance, and as a rule very few macroscopic crystals can be seen in it.
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In the acute case of poisoning in man reported by Tiraboschi and Taito, no macroscopic changes were noted in the stomach mucosa.
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Macroscopic and microscopic observations have to go hand in hand in the study of volcanic phenomena.
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Their macroscopic appearances vary with the stage of the disease at which they are examined.
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The macroscopic equations result from a process of averaging out, and may be different in different cases.
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British Dictionary definitions for macroscopic

macroscopic

/ (ˌməkrəʊˈskɒpɪk) /

adjective

large enough to be visible to the naked eyeCompare microscopic

comprehensive; concerned with large units

physics capable of being described by the statistical properties of a large number of parts

Also called: megascopic

Derived forms of macroscopic

macroscopically, adverb

Word Origin for macroscopic

C19: see macro-, -scopic

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