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| Most phenomena in nature are independent of scale. Thus oscillations for example are not limited to acoustics but there are oscillating systems in geology or astronomy for example that take millions of years to complete one cycle. But we would never say the science there is different, or that the laws of science flip or cease to apply at some arbitrary cut off point. | |
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Many phenomena aren't independent of scale, it just appears like that because the average human only sees a limited range of scales.
Your example of oscillation isn't a good one - "oscillation" just means stuff changing between states periodically, the underlying scientific cause may be radically different.
Laws of science may cease to work at very small scales - a standard undergraduate problem when comparing classical laws with quantum mechanics etc.
Or at "larger" scales, for example the strong nuclear force has a clear maximum range beyond which it is not effective, it is bound within that range.