The Symbolic Domain
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The symbolic domain is the specialized language — formulas, equations, diagrams — representing macroscopic and microscopic domains at once.
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Writing H2O for water links the macroscopic liquid in a glass to the microscopic pairing of two hydrogen atoms with one oxygen.
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The same symbol means different things: H2O can denote one molecule or a beaker of liquid, and context tells which.
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