As nouns the difference between macro and tree
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macro is (programming|computing) a comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complicated input to a computer program or
macro can be (photography) macro lens while
tree is a large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
As an adjective macro
is very large in scope or scale.
As a verb tree is
to chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
macro English
Etymology 1
1933, from .
Adjective
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Very large in scope or scale.
Etymology 2
1959, shortened form of macroinstruction.
Noun
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(programming, computing) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complicated input to a computer program.
- The pre-processor expands any embedded macro s into source code before it is compiled.
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 function s, 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.
* Although a shortcut'' is particularly easy to use, widely supported, and designed for normal users, ''macro system s are normally designed for power users.
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* template
Etymology 3
1971, elliptical form of macro lens, from + lens. Compare macrophotography.
Noun
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(photography) macro lens
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Noun
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A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
- is the tallest living tree in the world.
- Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks]] or storage [[platform, platforms.
- He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree .
A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
- He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
The structural frame of a saddle.
(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n'' vertices and ''n -1 edges.
(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
- We’ll show it as a tree list.
Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
(informal) Marijuana.
(obsolete) A cross or gallows.
- Tyburn tree
* Bible, Acts x. 39
- [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree .
(obsolete) wood; timber
* Wyclif Bible (2 Tim. ii. 20)
- In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth.
(chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
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* (in graph theory) graph
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Verb
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To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
- The dog treed the cat.
To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
- to tree a boot
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