Definitions for macro-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mac•roˈmæk roʊ(adj.; n.)(pl.)-ros.
(adj.)very large in scale or capability.
Category: Common Vocabulary
of or pertaining to macroeconomics.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(n.)a single computer instruction that represents a sequence of instructions or keystrokes.
Category: Computers
Origin of macro:
independent use of macro -, or by shortening of words with macro - as initial element; (def. 5 ) shortening of macroinstruction
macro-
a combining form meaning “large” (macromolecule), “abnormally large” (macrocyte), “major, significant” (macroevolution), “not local, extending over a broad area” (macrocosm), “visible to the naked eye” (macrophyte)
Category: Affix
Ref: often contrasting with micro- 2
Origin of macro-:
< Gk makro-, comb. form of makrós long
Wiktionary
macro-(Prefix)
large
macronucleus
macro-(Prefix)
long
macrobiotics
Webster Dictionary
Macro-
a combining form signifying long, large, great; as macrodiagonal, macrospore
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