Sentences with phrase «macroscopic level»

At the largest, or macroscopic level of reality the same pattern obtains.

In essence, we are beginning to link molecular and macroscopic levels of analysis to better understand the diversity and complexity of autism.»

The author notes that one can not predict the properties of water at a macroscopic level on the basis of knowledge of water molecules.

On the other hand, one can study water at the macroscopic level, at which level the laws of thermodynamics apply (allowing us to predict the phase of water undergiven conditions, for example).

At the macroscopic level societies of occasions are preserved in their dominant patterns through adaptation to their environment.7 This adjustment is pursued ultimately not for its own sake, but for the sake of providing a stable actual world in which the constituent occasions may be nurtured toward the achievement of greater intensities of self - realization.

I suggest Whitehead is drawing an analogy from the microscopic level to explain social institutions on the macroscopic level.

The lower class functions on the macroscopic level in a way analogous to the physical pole of an actual occasion.

Water's behavior was tested with three different approaches: ultrafast optical measurements, which revealed the arrangement of molecules on the nanometric scale; a computer simulation on the atomic scale; and measurement of the water's surface structure and tension, which was done at the macroscopic level.

The diseased bits looked healthy at the macroscopic level, but under the researchers» microscope, the sick coral's pallid complexion was pronounced.

and Sir Roger Penrose's explanation for the lack of macroscopic quantum effects: It would seem that the absence of «quantum strangeness» on the macroscopic level is well predicted by classical quantum theory.

«That allows me to develop insights and opportunities for new ideas that are different from others that are coming from the macroscopic level.»

To this end, researchers must find ways to convert motion at the molecular level to motion at the macroscopic level.

The molecules coming to rest — at least on the macroscopic level — is the result of thermalization, or of reaching equilibrium after they have achieved uniform saturation within the system.

The system then sets them all loose on Scotland's trunk roads, using detailed maps provided by the Scottish Office, and follows the effects, both at a microscopic and macroscopic level.

In terms of protein quality, from a macroscopic level, quality is very difficult to assess based off pet food labels alone.

Parish draws on the patterns found in nature for her subject matter, exploring the ways they mirror each other at the most microscopic and macroscopic levels..

From a macroscopic level, Microsoft has also added flexibility to its Modern apps, adding the capability to «snap» up to four apps on a standard widescreen monitor.