macroscopic
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rəˈskɒp adjective
1.
visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic ( def 1 ).
2.
pertaining to large units; comprehensive.
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macroscopic (ˌməkrəʊˈskɒpɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare microscopic large enough to be visible to the naked eye |
| 2. | comprehensive; concerned with large units |
| 3. | physics capable of being described by the statistical properties of a large number of parts |
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| macro'scopically | |
| —adv | |
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Macroscopic
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macroscopic mac·ro·scop·ic (māk'rə-skŏp'ĭk) or mac·ro·scop·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Large enough to be perceived or examined by the unaided eye.
Relating to observations made by the unaided eye.
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Example sentences
There is confusion here between macroscopic and microscopic variables.
How quantum physics translates to the macroscopic realm, what dark matter is and how it interacts with the rest of the world.
The microscopic vision of the eighteenth century was succeeded by the macroscopic eve of the nineteenth.
The water is in equilibrium, the highest entropy it can achieve given the macroscopic constraints.
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