macroscopic
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Definition of macroscopic
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: observable by the naked eye
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: involving large units or elements
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Examples of macroscopic in a Sentence
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And some macroscopic signatures of the theory that might have been seen, such as cosmic strings and supersymmetry, have not shown up. — Quanta Magazine, "Why Is M-Theory the Leading Candidate for Theory of Everything?," 18 Dec. 2017 Several of the macroscopic pictures use lenticular printing to achieve a 3-D effect. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, "In the galleries: ‘Archiving Eden’ exhibition sprouts interest with macro photos," 5 July 2019 Her experiments with laser cooling macroscopic objects have laid the groundwork for observing quantum behavior more easily. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "32 Women Who’ve Changed Life As We Know It," 31 Mar. 2019 Is ball lightning a macroscopic fundamental particle? — Tom Shippey, WSJ, "Science Fiction: A Novelist in Awe of Physics," 16 Aug. 2018 Another exciting aspect of relativistic astronomy is that humankind can directly test the principles of special relativity using macroscopic measurements for the first time. — Scientific American, "Astronomy at the Speed of Light," 3 July 2018 Dancing droplets Instead of dissolving into the fluid bath underneath them, the droplets bounce like tennis balls on a sensuously flexible trampoline, emulating the behavior of electrons in quantum mechanics, but on a macroscopic scale. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Tauba Auerbach show at MOCA Cleveland melds art, physics (photos)," 15 Apr. 2018 Quantum theory allows tiny things like atoms or photons to be in two places at once, but nobody has ever seen such behavior in a macroscopic material object. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, "Weird vibrations poised to control quantum computers," 14 Mar. 2018 In 1996, Mirkin and three colleagues published a paper announcing their invention of a method for programming DNA to build nanoparticles up into macroscopic materials. — Kastalia Medrano, Newsweek, "New Class of Light-Bending Material Spun With DNA and Gold Nanoparticles Can Achieve First Real-Life Invisibility Cloak," 19 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'macroscopic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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macroscopic
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Medical Definition of macroscopic
: large enough to be observed by the naked eye — compare microscopic sense 2, submicroscopic, ultramicroscopic sense 1
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