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Macrostructure vs Macromorphology - What's the difference?

macrostructure | macromorphology |

As nouns the difference between macrostructure and macromorphology

is that macrostructure is the gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification while macromorphology is (biology|mineralogy|soil science) the gross structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible with the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.

macrostructure

Noun

(en noun)
  • The gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.
  • (metallurgy) The gross structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 10X or less.
  • Antonyms

    * (gross structure) microstructure

    References

    * [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?macrostructure] * [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Amacrostructure]

    macromorphology

    English

    Noun

    (macromorphologies)
  • (biology, mineralogy, soil science) The gross structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible with the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification.
  • macrostructure
  • Antonyms

    * (gross morphology) micromorphology

    Derived terms

    * macromorphological

    References

    * [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:LudpX5_fAxQJ:www.mycena.sfsu.edu/pages/courses/Higher.html+macromorphology] * [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14624511] * [http://web.archive.org/20050302060127/www.geocities.com/karstology/TAK16.html] * [http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Soil_morphology] English words suffixed with -ology