macroscopic cross-section

The cross-section per unit volume of a given material for a specified process. For a pure nuclide, it is the product of the microscopic cross-section and the number of target nuclei per unit volume; for a mixture of nuclides, it is the sum of such products.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2513 (Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 2517
Orange Book, p. 218