macrolocation

Noun

macrolocation (plural macrolocations)

1. A region or area that contains smaller sites or locations (microlocations).
   • The macrolocation within a river basin is usually determined by areas of major pollution loads, population centers, etc. Macrolocation can be specified, as well, according to percent areal coverage using basin centroids.2018, Larry W. Canter, River Water Quality Monitoring
   • In the process of valorization and selection of acceptable potential microlocation for energy plants within the selected macrolocation, it is necessary to apply a certain procedure, which will be uniform in all its aspects.2019, Mangey Ram, Hoang Pham, Advances in Reliability Analysis and its Applications, page 81
2. The macroscopic area in which a microscopic event takes place or in which a microscopic focus exists.
   • CCD images for the macrolocation were also obtained.2009, Shota Kuwahara, Toshiki Sugaiab and Hisanori Shinohara, “Determining exact molar absorbance coefficients of single-wall carbon nanotubes”, in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
   • Fig. 1 shows the development of the macrolocation of strains depending on displacement h of the cutting-edge and the value of shearing force P_c. The macrolocation of strains starts directly after the loss of stability by the shearing force (Fig. 1b) .2012, J.P. Boehler, Akhtar S. Khan, Anisotropy and Localization of Plastic Deformation, page 57
3. A movement to a new area, as opposed to a movement within the area in which one currently resides.
   • The shore is continuously lined with potential dead substrates, and there is no need for the larvae to perform “macrolocation” (they do need to perform “microlocation,” having arrived at an intertidal rock, to assure proximity to potential mates). In contrast, live hosts are not guaranteed to be at...2001 June, O Mokady, I Brickner, “Host-associated speciation in a coral-inhabiting barnacle”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, volume 18, number 6