macrolocations

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
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
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