Macroscopic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Macroscopic is an adjective meaning Visible to the unassisted eye.
Meaning
Visible to the unassisted eye.
More Meanings
- (physics) Having an appreciable mass.
Example Sentences
The direct, evident, and macroscopic effects of freezing on foods are the phase transition of liquid components, which crystallize and solidify.
...it appears to be a small step from (1) and (2) to the identification of a sufficiently large mass with a macroscopic mass and, by analogy, to the consideration as macroscopic any system having sufficiently large quantum numbers associated with it.
Synonyms for macroscopic
Depending on context, synonyms include naked-eye, large, gross, megascopic.
Antonyms for macroscopic
Common opposites include microscopic, small, microscopical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megascopic, large, gross, macro, micro, broad.
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