macrophysicaladj.
/ˌmakrəʊˈfɪzᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmækroʊˈfɪzᵻkəl/ Of or relating to the physics of bodies and phenomena on a macroscopic scale.
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1902 C. R. Mann & R. A. Millikan tr. P. Drude Theory of Optics p. vii Pure electromagnetic experiments lead to conclusions in what may be called the domain of macrophysical properties only. For the explanation of optical dispersion a hypothesis as to the microphysical properties of bodies must be made.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics v. 179 Two micro-physical events are connected in a different way from two macro-physical events.
1960 Times 15 Mar. 2/2 A study of the relationships between the macro~physical properties of soils and the physical chemistry of their colloidal constituents.
1980 Dædalus Spring 34 Interweaving of perception and consciousness on the one hand and macrophysical and microphysical reality on the other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- calcitration
- calcium
- calcium carbonate
- calcium channel
- calcium chloride
- calcium fluoride
- calcium gluconate
- calcium light
- calcium oxide
- calcium phosphate
- calcium silicate
- calcium sulphate
- calcium superphosphate
- calcium-mobilizing
- calciummobilizing
- calciums
- calco
- by bread of wheat
- by cas
- by case
- by cause of
- by chalks
- by chance
- by character