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MACROSCOPIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large enough to be visible with the naked eye
Synonyms:
macroscopic; macroscopical
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye
Synonyms:
macroscopic; macroscopical
Classified under:
Similar:
seeable; visible (capable of being seen; or open to easy view)
Context examples:
While many applications require increasingly small lasers, researchers continually run into the same roadblock: Nanolasers tend to be much less efficient than their macroscopic counterparts.
(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)
In essence, we are beginning to link molecular and macroscopic levels of analysis to better understand the diversity and complexity of autism.
(Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism, University of Cambridge)
Is a macroscopic organ component of one or more nerves, which primarily consists of cell bodies of neurons located outside the central nervous system; together with nerve fibers, it constitutes a nerve or a nerve plexus.
(Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)
