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  1. adjective Large enough to be perceived or examined by the unaided eye.
  2. adjective Relating to observations made by the unaided eye.

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  • “Is a remnant superstring.” A subquantal fragment of the original big-bang fireball, caught by cosmic inflation and stretched to macroscopic, then to Cosmological scale. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
  • A professor of molecular and cell biology at Berkely, Freeman has argued in his experimental and biological work for a more macroscopic or holistic view of how the brain moves from sensory input to conscious perception. —  Omni: October 1993
  • Similia similibus curentur or 'let likes cure likes', is the assertion that a disease / problem can be cured by remedies that (in macroscopic, milligram doses) produce the same symptoms as those of the disease. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Similia similibus curentur or "let likes cure likes", is the assertion that a disease / problem can be cured by remedies that (in macroscopic, milligram doses) produce the same symptoms as those of the disease. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • An example of energy not involved in such transitions is the bulk motion - macroscopic kinetic energy - until visosity would transform it into thermal energy. —  RealClimate
 

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  1. from Greek μακρός, long, large, + σκοπεῑν, view.
 

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/mækrəˈskɑpɪk/
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