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macro
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæk.?o?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mæk.???/
Etymology 1
1933, from macro-, from French, from Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (makrós, “long”).
Adjective
macro (not comparable)
- Very large in scope or scale.
- 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex (page 115)
- Crumb's sexual fixation on gigantic women's legs became a major feature of his most celebrated images. Despite the common themes among macrophiles, Ed Lundt believes that no two macro fantasies are quite alike […]
- 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex (page 115)
- (cooking, colloquial) Clipping of macrobiotic.
Translations
Noun
macro (countable and uncountable, plural macros)
- (colloquial, nutrition, countable, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of macronutrient.
- 2018, Spencer Langley, Flex Life: How to Transform Your Body Forever, Flex Life Inc. (?ISBN), page 81:
- Don't be afraid to include some “unhealthy” foods in your diet. The overarching rule about foods is if it fits your macros (IIFYM), then you can eat it. That means you can eat chocolate, ice cream, and many other indulgences […]
- 2018, Spencer Langley, Flex Life: How to Transform Your Body Forever, Flex Life Inc. (?ISBN), page 81:
- (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of macroeconomics.
- (colloquial, photography, countable) Short for macro lens.
- 1980, Popular Science (volume 217, number 6, page 94)
- Most macros are made by camera manufacturers to fit their cameras
- 2008, Richard Satterlie, Agnes Hahn
- The lens was a macro, capable of everything from an “infinity shot” to a close-up in which a single fingerprint filled the entire frame.
- 1980, Popular Science (volume 217, number 6, page 94)
Etymology 2
1959, shortened form of macroinstruction.
Noun
macro (plural macros)
- (programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.
- The preprocessor expands any embedded macros into source code before it is compiled.
- 1998, "Dr. Cat", Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
Usage notes
- Often used attributively; a macro language is the syntax for defining new macros; while macro expansion refers to the task of replacing the human-friendly version with a machine-readable version; a macro virus is a computer virus written in a macro language. Individual macros are sometimes referred to as macro functions, particularly when they accept parameters.
- The distinction between a macro language and a programming language is imprecise. Often a macro language is designed to allow one to customize one particular program, whereas a programming language is designed for writing entirely new programs.
- Whereas a shortcut is particularly easy to use, widely supported, and designed for normal users, macro systems are normally designed for power users.
Translations
See also
- Macro (computer science) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
- macro expansion
- template
Etymology 3
1971, elliptical form of macro lens, from macro- + lens. Compare macrophotography.
Noun
macro (plural macros)
- (photography) macro lens
Anagrams
- AMORC, Armco, Comar, Coram, Marco, carom, croma
Italian
Noun
macro f (invariable)
- (computing) macro, macroinstruction
- (photography) macrophotography
- (economics) macroeconomy
Synonyms
- (computing):
- macroistruzione
- (photography):
- macrofotografia
- (economics):
- macroeconomia
Anagrams
- croma
- marco, Marco, marcò
Latin
Adjective
macr?
- dative masculine singular of macer
- dative neuter singular of macer
- ablative masculine singular of macer
- ablative neuter singular of macer
References
- macro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Noun
macro m (plural macros)
- Alternative form of mácron
Noun
macro f or m (in variation) (plural macros)
- (computing) macro (abbreviation of complicated input)
Spanish
Noun
macro m (plural macros)
- (computing) macro
macro From the web:
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function
English
Etymology
From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functi? (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??(k)??n/, /?f??k?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??k??n/, [?f??k???n], [?f??k?n?]
- Hyphenation: func?tion
- Rhymes: -??k??n
Noun
function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
- A professional or official position.
- Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
- An official or social occasion.
- Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
- Hypernym: relation
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Hyponyms
- subfunction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) To have a function.
- Synonyms: officiate, serve
- (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
- Antonym: malfunction
Related terms
- functional
- dysfunction, dysfunctional
Translations
Middle French
Noun
function f (plural functions)
- function (what something's intended use is)
Descendants
- ? English: function
- French: fonction
function From the web:
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