🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

宏观地

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hóng guān de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Macroscopically/ˌmæk.rəˈskɒp.ɪ.kəl.i/
adverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们可以宏观地观察这个物理现象。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a way that is visible to the naked eye without the aid of a microscope.

    "The tumor could be observed macroscopically as a distinct dark mass on the tissue surface."
  2. 2

    From a large-scale or macroscopic perspective rather than a microscopic or detailed one.

    "The structural failure of the bridge was analyzed both macroscopically and at the microstructural level."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek combining forms 'makros' meaning large and 'skopein' meaning to view or observe, combined with the adjectival suffix '-ic' and adverbial suffix '-ally'. It entered scientific English in the 19th century to denote phenomena visible to the naked eye, contrasting with the microscopic.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Macroscopically"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Macroscopically"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Macroscopically" Synonym Map