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ˈmacrostructure
Also macro-structure.
[f. macro- + structure n.]
Large-scale or overall structure; spec. the structure of a metal that is visible (on polished and etched surfaces) to the naked eye or under low magnification.
1920Glasgow Herald 18 Dec. 4 The lecturer spoke of microscopical methods, of macro-structure, and dealt with the variation of physical properties of steel. 1930Engineering 14 Mar. 357/1 Macrostructure of cast alloys. 1960E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion xi. 365 Van Gogh's own [accent] can be forged with relative ease. But then his swirling lines still belong to the macrostructure of his style. 1964English Studies XLV. (Suppl.) 180 Bogard also rejects the possibility of Shakespeare having influenced the macro-structure of Webster's tragedies.
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1956Nature 14 Jan. 81/1 The protein and its associated copper bonds..are stable or protected in highly organized macrostructures such as mammalian melanin granules.
So ˌmacroˈstructural a.
1893[see microstructural a.]. 1963J. Wiesenfarth Henry James & Dramatic Analogy i. 15 One of the principles of James's dramatized novel is that it should always represent. Such macrostructural devices as scenes and pictures..are integral elements by which this ideal is realized. 1964English Studies XLV. (Suppl.) 188 It is strange that no one appears to have taken much interest in the macro-structural relations between his plays and those of other Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists. 1974B. Jessop Traditionalism, Conservatism & Brit. Political Culture ii. 42 This requires macrostructural analysis as well as survey analysis. |