n.
Pronunciation: ' ma-kr ə - ˌ kä-z ə m
Function: noun
Etymology: French macrocosme, from Medieval Latin macrocosmos, from Latin macr- + Greek kosmos order, universe
Date: 1600
1 : the great world : UNIVERSE
2 : a complex that is a large-scale reproduction of one of its constituents
– mac · ro · cos · mic \ ˌ ma-kr ə - ' käz-mik \ adjective
– mac · ro · cos · mi · cal · ly \ -mi-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb