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zoom (zo̵̅o̅m)

intransitive verb

  1. to make a loud, low-pitched, buzzing or humming sound
  2. to move with a zooming sound
  3. to climb in an airplane suddenly and sharply at an angle greater than normal, using the energy of momentum
  4. to rise rapidly prices zoomed
  5. to change the focal length of a zoom lens so as to change the apparent distance of the object being viewed

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb

to cause to zoom

noun

  1. the act of zooming
  2. a zooming sound
  3. zoom lens
  4. Film
    1. the effect of a camera moving toward or away from a subject by using a zoom lens
    2. a shot using this effect

adjective

equipped with or having to do with a zoom lens a zoom telescope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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