Macro (or MACRO) may refer to:
Science and technology
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Macroscopic
The macroscopic scale is the length scale on which objects or phenomena are large enough to be visible with the naked eye, without magnifying optical instruments. It is the opposite of microscopic.
Overview
When applied to physical phenome ...
, subjects visible to the eye
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Macro photography, a type of close-up photography
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Image macro, a picture with text superimposed
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Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory
MACRO (Monopole, Astrophysics and Cosmic Ray Observatory) was a particle physics experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, Italy. MACRO was proposed by 6 scientific institutions in the United States and 6 Italian i ...
(MACRO), a particle physics experiment
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Macronutrients
A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow and reproduce. The requirement for dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants, fungi and protists. Nutrients can be incorporated into cells for metabolic purposes or excret ...
, classes of chemical compounds humans consume in the largest quantities (i.e., proteins, fats, and carbohydrates)
Sociology
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Macrosociology, sociology at the national level
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Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole. This includes regional, national, and global economies. Macroeconomists study topics such as output (econ ...
, economics at a higher level, above individual markets
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Macromanagement
Macromanagement is a style of leadership that is hands-off or from afar, allowing employees to have more freedom and control over their own work, while employers may shift their focus to strategic long-term goals.
Contrary to micromanagement, wher ...
in business, the idea of "managing from afar"
Computing
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Macro (computer science)
In computer programming, a macro (short for "macro instruction"; ) is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input should be mapped to a replacement output. Applying a macro to an input is known as macro expansion.
The input and output ...
, a set of instructions that is represented in an abbreviated format
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Macro instruction, a statement, typically for an assembler, that invokes a macro definition to generate a sequence of instructions or other outputs
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Macro key, a key found on some keyboards, particularly older keyboards.
Media and entertainment
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Macromanagement (gameplay), high-level decision making in games
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Macro Recordings, a German electronic music label
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Macro analysis of chords and chord progressions
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''Macro'' (album), a 2019 album by Jinjer
Other uses
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Macrobiotics, a diet and lifestyle based on eating natural, organic food
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Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), Italy
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Cox Macro (1686–1767), English Anglican priest and antiquarian
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Naevius Sutorius Macro (21 BC – 38 AD), praetorian prefect in the Roman Empire
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Marco (disambiguation)
Marco may refer to:
People Given name
* Marco (actor)
Marcos Benjamín Lee (; born 12 July 1977), better known as Marco, is a South Korean Model (person), model and actor, born and raised in Argentina.
Biography
After only making minor c ...
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Makro
Makro is a Netherlands, Dutch international brand of warehouse clubs, also called Cash and carry (wholesale), cash and carry stores. Makro was founded by SHV Holdings, a Dutch conglomerate based in Utrecht in partnership with German company ...
, a retail brand
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Micro (disambiguation)
Micro may refer to:
Measurement
* micro- (μ), a metric prefix denoting a factor of 10−6
Places
* Micro, North Carolina, town in U.S.
People
* DJ Micro, (born Michael Marsicano) an American trance DJ and producer
* Chii Tomiya (都宮 ...
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Mikro (disambiguation)
Mikro may refer to:
* Mikro (author), pseudonym of South African author Christoffel Hermanus Kühn (1903–1968)
* Mikro (Greek band), a Greek electronic music group formed in 1998
* ''Mikro'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails
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Large (disambiguation) (''macro'': a Greek prefix meaning long or large)
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List of commonly used taxonomic affixes
This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations.
*a-, an-: ''Pronunciation'': /ə/, /a/, /ən/, /an/. ''Origin ...
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