MACRO

I. adjective Etymology: macr- Date: 1923 being large, thick, or exceptionally prominent, 2. of, involving, or intended for use with relatively large quantities or on a large scale, of or relating to ~economics, gross 1c, of or relating to a ~ lens or to close-up photography, II. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: short for ~instruction Date: 1959 a single computer instruction that stands for a sequence of operations