macroscopic

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These ideas are difficult to grasp because we are macroscopic beings who experience only one direction of time.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

This compact book weaves together topics including the microscopic quantum tunneling required for nuclear fusion and the macroscopic geometry of spacetime.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

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

Researchers from the University of Rochester have uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period diversified and thrived.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

But no writer can leave the macroscopic organization of a text to chance.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker