Meanings
nounzoom lens (plural zoom lenses)
plural zoom lenses
- artsA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 变焦镜头
- 变焦镜头lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Danish zoomlinse, zoomobjektiv
- zoomlinselens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- zoomobjektivlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- transfokallinselens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Finnish zoom-objektiivi
- zoom-objektiivilens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
French zoom, objectif à focale variable
- zoomlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- objectif à focale variablelens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
German Zoomobjektiv
- Zoomobjektivlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Greek φακός ζουμ
- φακός ζουμ (fakós zoum)lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Hungarian zoomobjektív
- zoomobjektívlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Icelandic aðdráttarlinsa
- aðdráttarlinsalens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Irish zúmáil
- zúmáillens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Italian zoom, trasfocatore
- zoomlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- trasfocatorelens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Japanese ズームレンズ
- ズームレンズ (zūmu-renzu)lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Korean 줌렌즈
- 줌렌즈 (jumnenjeu)lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Māori arotahi topa
- arotahi topalens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Norwegian Bokmål zoomobjektiv, zoomlinse
- zoomobjektivlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- zoomlinselens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- zoomlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Persian لنز زوم
- لنز زومlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Portuguese zoom, zum
- zoomlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
- zumlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Spanish zum
- zumlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Swedish zoomobjektiv
- zoomobjektivlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Tamil அணுக்க வில்லை
- அணுக்க வில்லை (aṇukka villai)lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Ukrainian трансфокатор
- трансфокатор (transfokator)lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Vietnamese ống kính zoom
- ống kính zoomlens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
Cite this entry
APA
zoom lens. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20lens
MLA
“zoom lens.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20lens. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoom lens,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20lens.
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