macroscopic

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In the words of the committee, "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit".

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

However, on a nanoscopic scale, materials are not homogeneous anymore and the macroscopic description of the material is insufficient.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

It requires the use of macroscopic voltage measurement, which looks at the overall voltage changes across a material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

That means the puddle has more entropy than the crystals, and the system evolves to the macroscopic state with the greatest entropy.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2024

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