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macro-

[′mak·rō or ‚mak·rə]
(science and technology)
Prefix meaning large.
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macro-

Prefix large. Opposite of micro-. In the mainstream and among other technical cultures (for example, medical people) this competes with the prefix mega-, but hackers tend to restrict the latter to quantification.
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