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macroscale

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[ma-kroh-skayl] / ˈmæ kroʊˌskeɪl /

noun

  1. a scale involving large dimensions, suitable for measuring things that are visible to the naked eye.


adjective

  1. relating to the macroscale or able to be measured using such a scale.

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"These geometric principles can apply from the nanoscale to the macroscale, giving us extraordinary robustness."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025

"We manipulate macroscale materials in everyday life using our hands," said Mirkin, the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

This is the exact opposite of how plumbing works in our familiar macroscale world.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2022

Some intense blooms tint the ocean in swirling blues, mahoganies or “red tides” visible from space—psychedelic watercolors of microscopic life on a macroscale.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2022

Where eTopps followed the new, grown-up money in collecting to its logical/ridiculous conclusion, Bunt aims to reconnect with the hobby’s roots, swapping the grandiose affectations of macroscale capital for old-fashioned schoolyard arbitrage.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2014

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