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macroscopic

[mak-ruh-skop-ik] / ˌmæk rəˈskɒp ɪk /


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These ideas are difficult to grasp because we are macroscopic beings who experience only one direction of time.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

This compact book weaves together topics including the microscopic quantum tunneling required for nuclear fusion and the macroscopic geometry of spacetime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

“Chemotherapy is much more effective at eradicating minimal disease than it is macroscopic disease that you can already see on imaging.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects -- behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales -- become powerful enough to control the metal's macroscopic electrical properties.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025

This says that the laws of physics conspire to prevent macroscopic bodies from carrying information into the past.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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