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Meaning of MEGASCOPIC

Pronunciation:  `megu'skâpik

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 Definition: [adj]  visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
 
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 Synonyms: gross, large, macroscopic, macroscopical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Meg`a*scop"ic\, Megascopical \Meg`a*scop"ic*al\, a.
1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to the megascope or the
   projection upon a screen of images of opaque objects.
   (b) Enlarged or magnified; -- said of images or of
       photographic pictures, etc.
2. (Geol.) Large enough to be seen; -- said of the larger
   structural features and components of rocks which do not
   require the use of the microscope to be perceived. Opposed
   to {microscopic}.
 
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