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macro-
[′mak·rō or ‚mak·rə] (science and technology)
Prefix meaning large.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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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