MACRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macro mean? 

• MACRO (noun)
  The noun MACRO has 1 sense:

1. a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language

  Familiarity information: MACRO used as a noun is very rare.

• MACRO (adjective)
  The adjective MACRO has 1 sense:

1. very large in scale or scope or capability

  Familiarity information: MACRO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

macro; macro instruction

Hypernyms ("macro" is a kind of...):

command; instruction; program line; statement ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)

• MACRO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large in scale or scope or capability

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

 Context examples 

A histone protein that is comprised of a histone H2A domain, which allows interaction with the nucleosome, and a macro domain, which may bind to ADP-ribose.

(Core Histone Macro-H2A, NCI Thesaurus)

There is loss of nuclear polarity, dystrophic goblet cells (goblet cells with nuclei oriented towards the lumen and mucinous cytoplasm oriented toward the basement membrane), mitoses which may occasionally be abnormal, nuclear irregularities and prominent (macro) nucleoli.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-3, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)