macro

The definition of a macro is one command on the computer that performs many commands at once.

(noun)

An example of a macro is using Excel VBA to create multi function commands in the Microsoft program Excel.

Macro is defined as something that covers a large amount, or is large in size.

(adjective)

An example of macro is the study of the key driving aspects of an economy; macro economics.
An example of macro is a very close up photograph of an ant; a macro photograph.

See macro in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. macros

a single computer instruction that represents a given sequence of instructions; macroinstruction

Origin: macro(instruction)

adjective

broad, general, or comprehensive in coverage, outlook, etc. or large in scale, effect, etc.: macro issues bringing together disparate factions
1. macrobiotic
2. macroeconomic

long (in extent or duration), large, enlarged or elongated (in a specified part): macrocyte, macrocephaly

also, before a vowel, macr-

Origin: < Gr makros, long < IE *merós < base *māk-, long, slender > L macer, meager

See macro in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

noun pl. mac·ros
Computer Science

A single, user-defined command that is part of an application and executes a series of commands.
A shorthand representation for a number of lines of code.

Origin:

Origin: Short for macroinstruction

or macr-

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