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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 confirmed that the macroscale slowing had its microscopic origins where researchers had suspected: polymer chains stretching out and then coiling back as they passed through pores.

From Scientific American Mar. 22, 2022

After finalizing the design, the researchers plan to assemble the instrument in 2021 and start harnessing lasers to expand submicroscopic strontium atoms into macroscale “atom waves” soon after.

From Scientific American Jan. 14, 2020

While he and others in his field may experiment with new systems of technologies, they can still trace a line of continuity to earlier, more macroscale, ways of manufacturing chips.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2016

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