macroscopic
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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
Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects -- behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales -- become powerful enough to control the metal's macroscopic electrical properties.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
This switching changes the material's macroscopic electrical properties and reverses which direction has easier electrical flow, a property known as the diode effect, where current flows more easily in one direction than the other.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
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
But no writer can leave the macroscopic organization of a text to chance.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
