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macrophysics

American  
[mak-ruh-fiz-iks] / ˌmæk rəˈfɪz ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.

macrophysics British  
/ ˌmækrəʊˈfɪzɪks /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with macroscopic systems and objects

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Etymology

Origin of macrophysics

First recorded in 1905–10; macro- + physics

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Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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