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Macrostructure vs Mesostructure - What's the difference?

macrostructure | mesostructure |

As nouns the difference between macrostructure and mesostructure

is that macrostructure is the gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification while mesostructure is a structure or superstructure of intermediate size or complexity (in any of several fields).

macrostructure

English

(wikipedia macrostructure)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.
  • (metallurgy) The gross structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 10X or less.

    • Antonyms

    * (gross structure) microstructure

    References

    * [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?macrostructure] * [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Amacrostructure]

    mesostructure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structure or superstructure of intermediate size or complexity (in any of several fields)