Definition of Macroscopic

1. Adjective. Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye.

Exact synonyms: Macroscopical
Similar to: Seeable, Visible

2. Adjective. Large enough to be visible with the naked eye.
Exact synonyms: Macroscopical
Similar to: Big, Large

Definition of Macroscopic

1. a. Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.

Definition of Macroscopic

1. Adjective. Visible to the unassisted eye. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Macroscopic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Macroscopic

1. Items large enough to be observed by the naked eye. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macroscopic

macroradicals
macrorealism
macrorealist
macrorealistic
macroreality
macroreentrant
macroregion
macroregional
macroregions
macrorestriction map
macros
macroscale
macroscales
macroscelia
macroscopic (current term)
macroscopic anatomy
macroscopic sphincter
macroscopical
macroscopically
macroscopy
macroseeding
macrosegregation
macroseism
macroseismic
macroseisms
macrosigmoid
macrosis
macrosmatic
macrosomia

Literary usage of Macroscopic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Textbook of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1882)
"General macroscopic Characters of Rocks.2 Rocks considered as mineral substances are distinguished from each other by certain external characters, ..."

2. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"macroscopic AGGLUTINATION REACTION (KOLLE) 1. Prepare dilutions in amounts of 1 cc of a typhoid immune serum in proper test-tubes, ranging from 1:20 up to ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"These macroscopic appearances are frequently of great value as differential ... A method of accurately recording these macroscopic characters would ..."

4. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"macroscopic EXAMINATION While much that is included in the previous section would come properly under the head of the macroscopic examination of the sputum, ..."

5. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion Howe (1906)
"DIFFUSION LESSENS BOTH MICROSCOPIC AND macroscopic SEGREGATION. ... Diffusion does not so perfect itself as regards the macroscopic segregation of large ..."

6. Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys by Henry Marion Howe (1906)
"DIFFUSION LESSENS BOTH MICROSCOPIC AND macroscopic SEGREGATION. ... Diffusion does not so perfect itself as regards the macroscopic segregation of large ..."

7. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1906)
"STRUCTURE In considering the structure of rocks it will facilitate matters to do so under two heads: (1) the macroscopic (or megascopic) structures, ..."

8. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1897)
"macroscopic Characters.—The rhyolite varies from compact to very vesicular, and is of a light color, nearly white ..."

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