Editing Macroscopic scale (section)

{{Short description|Length scale which are visible to the naked eye}}
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{{Confused|Microscopic scale}}
The '''macroscopic scale''' is the [[length scale]] on which objects or phenomena are large enough to be visible with the [[naked eye]], without magnifying [[optical instrument]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reif|first=F.|title=Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics|year=1965|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=Boston|isbn=007-051800-9|edition=International student|page=[https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofst00fred/page/2 2]|quote=we shall call a system "''macro''scopic" (i.e., "''large'' scale") when it is large enough to be visible in the ordinary sense (say greater than 1 micron, so that it can at least be observed with a microscope using ordinary light).|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofst00fred/page/2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jaeger|first1=Gregg|title=What in the (quantum) world is macroscopic?|journal=American Journal of Physics|date=September 2014|volume=82|issue=9|pages=896–905|doi=10.1119/1.4878358|bibcode = 2014AmJPh..82..896J }}</ref> It is the opposite of [[Microscopic scale|microscopic]].