‘WIKIPEDIA Microscopic scale The microscopic scale (from Greek: xpd, mikrés, "small" and oxoné, skopé6 "look") is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye, requiring a lens or microscope to see them clearly."] In physics, the microscopic scale is sometimes regarded as the scale between the macroscopic scale and the quantum scale2I3) Microscopic units and measurements are used to classify and describe very small objects. One common microscopic length scale unit is the micrometre (also called a micron) (symbol: jm), which is one millionth of a metre. Contents Biology Thermodynamics See also References Biology By convention, the microscopic scale also includes classes of objects that are most commonly too small to see but of which some members are large enough to be observed with the eye. Such groups include the Cladocera, planktonic green algae of which Volvox is readily observable, and the protozoa of which stentor can be easily seen without aid. The submicroscopie scale similarly includes objects that are too small to see with an optical microscope.!4] Thermodynamics In thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, the microscopic scale is the scale at which we do not measure or directly observe the precise state of a thermodynamic system ~ such detailed states of a system are called microstates. We instead measure thermodynamic variables at a macroscopic scale, ie, the macrostate. See also = Macroscopic scale = Microorganism = Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes = Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopic discovery of microbial life (microorganisms) References 1. "The microscopic scale" (https://web.archive.orghweb/20160420102701/http://sciencelearn.org.nz/ Contexts/Exploring-with-Microscopes/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/The-microscopic-scale) Science Learning Hub. The University of Waikato. Archived from the original (http://sciencelearn.o rg.nz/Contexts/Exploring-with-Microscopes/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/The-microscopic-scale) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 20162. Jaeger, Gregg (September 2014). "What in the (quantum) world is macroscopic?". American Journal of Physics. 82 (9): 896-905. Bibcode:2014Am4JPh..82..896J (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.ed u/abs/2014AmJPh..82..896J). doi:10.1119/1.4878358 (https://doi.org/10.1119%2F 14878358). 3. Reif, F. (1965). Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (https://archive. org/details/funda mentalsofst00fred/page/2) (International student ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. p. 2 (hitps://archive.or g/details/fundamentalsofst00fred/page/2). ISBN 007-051800-9. "We shall call a system ‘microscopic’ (i.¢., ‘small scale’) if it is roughly of atomic dimensions or smaller (say of the order of 10 Aor less)." 4, Jaeger, Gregg (September 2014). "What in the (quantum) world is macroscopic?". American Journal of Physics. 82 (9): 896-905. Bibcode:2014Am4JPh..82..896J (https://ui.adsabs. harvard.ed ulabs/2014Am4JPh,.82..896J). doi:10,1119/1 4878358 (https://doi org/10.1119%2F 1.4878358). Retrieved from “https://en.wikipedia.orgiw/index.php?title=Micrascopic_scaleoldid=999896202" This page was last edited on 12 January 2021, at 14:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this, site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Wikipedia® is a registored trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, nc., a non-profit organization