macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌma-krə-ˈskä-pik 
1
: observable by the naked eye
2
: involving large units or elements
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The resulting universal wave function describes a reality without a boundary between microscopic and macroscopic or any need for the wave function to collapse.
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Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
No new matter or energy appears at the macroscopic level in emergent systems that isn’t there microscopically, of course.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
Further, without the jarring disruption of wave function collapse, the Schrödinger equation tells us that the branches go smoothly forward in time and do not interact, so each observer separately sees a normally unfolding macroscopic world.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
Still, there remains disagreement among researchers about whether macroscopic, agent-level causation can emerge in complex systems.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
No new matter or energy appears at the macroscopic level in emergent systems that isn’t there microscopically, of course.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
Further, without the jarring disruption of wave function collapse, the Schrödinger equation tells us that the branches go smoothly forward in time and do not interact, so each observer separately sees a normally unfolding macroscopic world.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
Still, there remains disagreement among researchers about whether macroscopic, agent-level causation can emerge in complex systems.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
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macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌmak-rə-ˈskäp-ik
: large enough to be observed by the naked eye
macroscopic animals
Medical Definition
macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌmak-rə-ˈskäp-ik
: large enough to be observed by the naked eye compare microscopic sense 2, submicroscopic, ultramicroscopic sense 1
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