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megascopic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Megascopic  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  megascopic 
  adj  :  visible  to  the  naked  eye  (especially  of  rocks)  [syn:  {gross}] 




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