macroscopicadj.

Brit.

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌmækrəˈskɑpɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: macro- comb. form, -scopic comb. form.

Etymology: < macro- comb. form + -scopic comb. form, after microscopic adj. Compare French macroscopique (1865).

Visible to the naked eye (opposed to microscopic); (also) using the naked eye. Also figurative: general, comprehensive, concerned with large units.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > to naked eye

naked eye1866

macroscopic1872

macroscopical1876

megascopic1879

lucid1893

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 31 The macroscopic character of these two forms of cystoma depends on the number and size of their constituent cysts.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 176 (heading) Macroscopic examination in the field or indoors.

1897 Athenæum 7 Aug. 194/3 The structure of lavas, microscopic and macroscopic.

1931 M. Dobb in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. ii. xiv. 623 Those macroscopic, as distinct from microscopic, issues of the economic order.

1960 K. M. Delavenay & E. 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.

1964 I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 3 The rationalists, or ‘macroscopic’ tendency, concerned with developing ‘general theories’ of human behavior.

1981 G. Daniel Short Hist. Archaeol. v. 186 All these scientific aids to archaeology seem astonishing to a straight old-fashioned archaeologist like the author of this book, trained in the macroscopic examination of artifacts.

1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) viii. 62 These are macroscopic abnormalities of structure which are present at birth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macroscopic
释义	macroscopicadj. Brit. /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmækrəˈskɑpɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: macro- comb. form, -scopic comb. form. Etymology: < macro- comb. form + -scopic comb. form, after microscopic adj. Compare French macroscopique (1865). Visible to the naked eye (opposed to microscopic); (also) using the naked eye. Also figurative: general, comprehensive, concerned with large units. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > to naked eye naked eye1866 macroscopic1872 macroscopical1876 megascopic1879 lucid1893 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 31 The macroscopic character of these two forms of cystoma depends on the number and size of their constituent cysts. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 176 (heading) Macroscopic examination in the field or indoors. 1897 Athenæum 7 Aug. 194/3 The structure of lavas, microscopic and macroscopic. 1931 M. Dobb in W. Rose Outl. Mod. Knowl. ii. xiv. 623 Those macroscopic, as distinct from microscopic, issues of the economic order. 1960 K. M. Delavenay & E. 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. 1964 I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 3 The rationalists, or ‘macroscopic’ tendency, concerned with developing ‘general theories’ of human behavior. 1981 G. Daniel Short Hist. Archaeol. v. 186 All these scientific aids to archaeology seem astonishing to a straight old-fashioned archaeologist like the author of this book, trained in the macroscopic examination of artifacts. 1984 J. R. Tighe & D. R. Davies Pathol. (ed. 4) viii. 62 These are macroscopic abnormalities of structure which are present at birth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1872
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