Dictionary

zoom lens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /zu(ː)m lɛnz/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.
   • Now I’m looking at a flashback Sunday. Zoom lens feelings just won’t disappear. Close-up darkroom sweet-talk in my ear. 1981 October 26, The J. Geils Band, “Freeze-Frame”, in Freeze-Frame:

Forms

Deriveds

telezoom · zoom-lens reflex

Relateds

normal lens · prime lens · telephoto lens · wide-angle lens

Translations (37)

da zoomlinse (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nn zoomobjektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · de Zoomobjektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nn zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · da zoomobjektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fo telelinsa (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · ta அணுக்க வில்லை (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nb zoomlinse (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fo fjarlinsa (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · es zum (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · vi ống kính zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · ja ズームレンズ (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · da transfokallinse (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · uk трансфокатор (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · ko 줌렌즈 (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · it trasfocatore (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · el φακός ζουμ (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fi zoom-objektiivi (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nn zoomlinse (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · sh zum objektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · cmn 变焦镜头 (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · ml സൂം ലെൻസ് (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · mi arotahi topa (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nb zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fr objectif à focale variable (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fa لنز زوم (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · pt zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · is aðdráttarlinsa (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · nb zoomobjektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · hu zoomobjektív (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · fr zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · sv zoomobjektiv (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · pt zum (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · it zoom (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · ga zúmáil (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · si සූම කාච (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed) · lb zoomobjectief (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)