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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Complexity, by contrast, recognizes that once lots of particles come together to produce macroscopic things—such as organisms—knowing everything about particles isn’t enough to understand reality.
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Programmable metamaterials are engineered so that their structure, not their chemistry, determines their macroscopic properties.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
These electron pairs condense into a macroscopic state, which can be described by a collective phase variable shared by all its microscopic constituents.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2025
Programmable metamaterials are engineered so that their structure, not their chemistry, determines their macroscopic properties.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
These electron pairs condense into a macroscopic state, which can be described by a collective phase variable shared by all its microscopic constituents.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
It was generally thought, then, that quantum tunneling would only be workable on these tiny, microscopic scales, and that this phenomenon would be impossible to realize on macroscopic scales.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
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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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