mac·ro·scop·ic \|makrə|skäpik, -pēk\adjective alsomac·ro·scop·i·cal\-pə̇kəl, -pēk-\ Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary macr- + -scopic, -scopical 1.: large enough to be observed by the naked eye — opposed to microscopic 2.: being in the large or taken in the large : considered in terms of large units or elements < a macroscopic equation > 3.: megascopic 2a • macroscopicallyadverb