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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No new matter or energy appears at the macroscopic level in emergent systems that isn’t there microscopically, of course.
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Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
Still, there remains disagreement among researchers about whether macroscopic, agent-level causation can emerge in complex systems.
—Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
Starting around the turn of the 20th century, physicists began to understand that the behaviors of the tiniest bits of our world couldn’t be explained by the laws of classical physics—the type that governs macroscopic solids, gases, liquids, and the forces that act on them.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
In both cases, extracting the macroscopic behavior of a system from a microscopic description is difficult.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
Still, there remains disagreement among researchers about whether macroscopic, agent-level causation can emerge in complex systems.
—Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024
Starting around the turn of the 20th century, physicists began to understand that the behaviors of the tiniest bits of our world couldn’t be explained by the laws of classical physics—the type that governs macroscopic solids, gases, liquids, and the forces that act on them.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
In both cases, extracting the macroscopic behavior of a system from a microscopic description is difficult.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 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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