1959 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 6 132 The built-in system macro instructions in Scat presently consist of (1) two macros for generating the..standard entry and exit from subroutines, (2) a set of debugging macros [etc.].

1963 L. Schultz Digital Processing xi. 240 To avoid having to write the groups repeatedly, the programmer..instructs the machine to establish a table in which it stores the group of instructions. To identify the group, he assigns a code name, called a macro name.

1963 L. Schultz Digital Processing xi. 240 The programmer writes one instruction (a macro) and the machine ‘generates’ several.

1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xix. 324 As an advantage of automatic coding, it is sometimes pointed out that the macros and subroutines are tested and error-free, in contrast to home-made subroutines.

1972 J. J. Donovan Systems Programming iv. 111 In employing a macro, the programmer essentially defines a single ‘instruction’ to represent a block of code. For every occurrence of this one-line macro instruction in his program, the macro processing assembler will substitute the entire block.

1993 Computers & Humanities 27 291/2 You could..automate the WPWin envelope process by writing a macro for the steps it requires.

1971 Amateur Photographer 13 Jan. 80/1 (advt.) 50 mm f/3·5 Macro.

1991 Photo Answers Aug. 28/1 The aperture selected was between f/22 and f/32 on a 55mm macro on his Nikon F3.

1993 Camcorder User Mar. 11/1 A range of flexi-arms—designed for holding video lights in position for close-up macro shooting.

1986 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 64 1953 (caption) Embryos..were grown on all possible combinations of MS and SH macronutrients (macros) micronutrients (micros), and organics (Org).

2018 W. C. Cavalcante dos Santos Sá et al. in R. Loiola Edvan & L. Rocha Bezerra New Perspectives in Forage Crops (e-book, accessed 27 July 2022) ii. 38 The spineless cactus extracts about 360 kg of N, 64 kg of P, 1032 kg of K and 940 kg of Ca per hectare every 2 years, without considering the other macros and micronutrients.

1997 V. Poretta & M. Kogan Mom's Guide to your Kid's Nutrition 23 Here is how the micros and macros work together: Your child eats carbohydrates, proteins and fat, which supply his body with the 13 vitamins and at least 22 minerals.

2022 telegraph.co.uk (Nexis) 19 June 5 You will need to weigh out everything you eat. This will also be a lot easier if you plan your meals in advance, so you can tweak the macros accordingly.

1933 Biochem. Jrnl. 27 434 The present micro-method for urea in 0·2 cc of blood compares very favourably with the comparatively macro-method of Van Slyke and Cullen.

1938 P. Arthur & O. J. M. Smith Semi-Micro Qualitative Analysis i. 3 Dealing with samples of only 3 to 5 mg. (compared with the usual 0·5 to 1·0 g. macro sample), the micro method consumes much less time for reactions..and in many other ways proves superior to the macro methods.

1946 W. B. Meldrum & A. F. Daggett Textbk. Qualitative Anal. i. 2 The two..generally applicable methods of qualitative analysis of inorganic materials are the macro and the semimicro methods.

1991 Jrnl. Agric. & Food Chem. 39 2184/1 The later investigation..used a traditional analytical approach, namely macro liquid/liquid extraction.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Macro adj. = macro-.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 143/2 The instruments and apparatus used in microanalytical work are to some extent miniature replicas of macro instruments and apparatus.

1967 D. Wilson in G. Wills & R. Yearsley Handbk. Managem. Technol. iii. 47 The logic for the individual programs is expressed in terms of macro and micro block-diagrams.

1973 A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children 307 These issues..reflect the necessity for a macro-approach to child welfare.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 2 When it falls to the floor it reverberates with a disproportionately macro sound for something so very micro.

1958 J. M. Henderson & R. E. Quandt Microeconomic Theory i. ii. 3 Prices are relevant in macro theories, but macro theorists usually..deal with aggregate price indices.

1961 G. Ackley Macroecon. Theory (1965) xx. 572 We can derive no..meaningful macro-functions.]

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Mar. 242/5 The forms and methods of economic management, both micro and macro.

1979 E. Newman Sunday Punch iii. 24 I had recently written a stirring editorial coming down on the macro side and thought it only a matter of time before microeconomics gave up the unequal struggle.

1985 Investors Chron. 8 Nov. 20/2 The other important ‘macro’ influence is of course the growth of disposable income.

1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 34/6 On the macro side, the action fortunately rests now far more with the Bank of England..than with the British Budget.

1986 Washington Post 7 Feb. d2/3 Meanwhile his real wife had had this baby Alexis who..was on a macro diet from birth.

1990 Los Angeles July 176/2 There's continuous entertainment provided..and food ranging from macro-veggies to hamburgers and fries.

1994 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. ii. 1/3 I went through macro and vegetarian, but we cheated a lot.