macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌma-krə-ˈskä-pik 
1
: observable by the naked eye
2
: involving large units or elements
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Starting around the turn of the 20th century, physicists began to understand that the behaviors of the tiniest bits of our world couldn’t be explained by the laws of classical physics—the type that governs macroscopic solids, gases, liquids, and the forces that act on them.
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Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
In both cases, extracting the macroscopic behavior of a system from a microscopic description is difficult.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
From a macroscopic perspective, the idea of double-checking at run time across a chain-of-thought is not the only gambit available for AI safety purposes.
Consider this larger picture framework of real-time checks and balances:
(1) Prompt Stage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
The resulting universal wave function describes a reality without a boundary between microscopic and macroscopic or any need for the wave function to collapse.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
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Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
In both cases, extracting the macroscopic behavior of a system from a microscopic description is difficult.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
From a macroscopic perspective, the idea of double-checking at run time across a chain-of-thought is not the only gambit available for AI safety purposes.
Consider this larger picture framework of real-time checks and balances:
(1) Prompt Stage.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
The resulting universal wave function describes a reality without a boundary between microscopic and macroscopic or any need for the wave function to collapse.
—Sidney Perkowitz, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for macroscopic
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macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌmak-rə-ˈskäp-ik
: large enough to be observed by the naked eye
macroscopic animals
Medical Definition
macroscopic
adjective
mac·ro·scop·ic
ˌmak-rə-ˈskäp-ik
: large enough to be observed by the naked eye compare microscopic sense 2, submicroscopic, ultramicroscopic sense 1
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