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macro
1[ mak-roh ]
noun
- anything very large in scale, scope, or capability.
- Photography. a macro lens.
- Also called macroinstruction. Computers. an instruction that represents a sequence of instructions in abbreviated form.
macro-
2- a combining form meaning “large,” “long,” “great,” “excessive,” used in the formation of compound words, contrasting with micro-: macrocosm; macrofossil; macrograph; macroscopic.
macro
1/ ˈmækrəʊ /
noun
- a macro lens
- Alsomacro instruction a single computer instruction that initiates a set of instructions to perform a specific task
macro-
2combining_form
- large, long, or great in size or duration
macroscopic
- (in pathology) indicating abnormal enlargement or overdevelopment Compare micro-
macrocyte
- producing larger than life images
macrophotography
macro–
- A prefix meaning “large,” as in macromolecule, a large molecule.
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Example Sentences
On another, more macro level, did you find Europe to be such a cesspool of intrigue?
Greason started out at Intel but felt the zero-gravity pull of the rocket macro-process in which he now holds 22 patents.
Yep, organic rice syrup—i.e., sugar—is still its main ingredient, no matter how macro its biotics may be.
All the macro statistics bear that out (percentage of people employed, real wages, percentage of GDP going to labor, etc.).
We experience power every day, in a million different ways, in our own lives, from the micro to the macro.
But for all this Charicles satisfied Macro, "that the flame of life was expiring, and could not outlast two days."
The sombre pines of California and the macro carpa cypress cover thousands of acres.
With a few exceptions this work only treats of what are, for the sake of convenience, termed the Macro-Lepidoptera.
He was succeeded in his power by Sertorius Macro, who had aided in his destruction.
Macro's correspondence with literary men and artists forms the additional MSS.
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