macroscopically

1. 1.

   without using a microscope

   “The tubes were examined macroscopically”

Questions about macroscopically

What does macroscopically mean?

macroscopically means "without using a microscope".

How many syllables are in macroscopically?

macroscopically has 6 syllables and divides as ma-cro-sco-pi-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is macroscopically a common word?

macroscopically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.