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macroscopic, a.|ˌmækrəʊˈskɒpɪk|
[f. macro- + -scopic.]
Visible to the naked eye, in opposition to microscopic. Also fig., general, comprehensive, concerned with large units.
1872Peaslee Ovar. Tumours 31 The macroscopic character of these two forms of cystoma depends on the number and size of their constituent cysts. 1897Athenæum 7 Aug. 194/3 The structure of lavas, microscopic and macroscopic. 1931M. Dobb in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. ii. xiv. 623 Those macroscopic, as distinct from microscopic, issues of the economic order. 1960E. Delavenay Introd. Machine Transl. 132 Macroscopic study concentrates on large-scale aspects of phenomena—for instance macroscopic linguistics bears on very general statistical rules of language. 1963Listener 10 Oct. 536/2 The problem is to explain macroscopic individuality (in common usage) in terms of microscopic non-individuals, rather than the other way round. 1964I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 3 The rationalists, or ‘macroscopic’ tendency, concerned with developing ‘general theories’ of human behavior.
Hence ˌmacroˈscopical a. = macroscopic a.; ˌmacroˈscopically adv., by the naked eye, as studied by the naked eye without the aid of a lens.
1877Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XVII. 228 Macroscopically and microscopically the retina, exposed to yellow light, behaves in the same way as after the operation of red light. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 388 Its macroscopical appearance was that of a fibrous tumour. 1879Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 3) 66 A rock may be studied microscopically or macroscopically. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 236 At the autopsy, nothing pathological was found macroscopically. Ibid. 837 Macroscopical examinations of the central nervous system in uncomplicated cases of chorea. |