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A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a camera lens that magnifies the image
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: telephoto lens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: camera lens, optical lens
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
变焦镜头
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Danish:
zoomlinse
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Danish:
zoomobjektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Danish:
transfokallinse
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Faroese:
fjarlinsa
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Faroese:
telelinsa
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Finnish:
zoom-objektiivi
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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French:
zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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French:
objectif à focale variable
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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German:
Zoomobjektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Greek:
φακός ζουμ
(fakós zoum)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Hungarian:
zoomobjektív
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Icelandic:
aðdráttarlinsa
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Irish:
zúmáil
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Italian:
zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Italian:
trasfocatore
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Japanese:
ズームレンズ
(zūmu-renzu)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Korean:
줌렌즈
(jumnenjeu)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Luxembourgish:
zoomobjectief
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Malayalam:
സൂം ലെൻസ്
(sūṁ leṉsŭ)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Māori:
arotahi topa
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Bokmål:
zoomobjektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Bokmål:
zoomlinse
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Bokmål:
zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
zoomobjektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
zoomlinse
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Persian:
لنز زوم
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Portuguese:
zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Portuguese:
zum
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Serbo-Croatian:
zum objektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Sinhalese:
සූම කාච
(sūma kāca)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Spanish:
zum
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Swedish:
zoomobjektiv
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Tamil:
அணுக்க வில்லை
(aṇukka villai)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Ukrainian:
трансфокатор
(transfokator)
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed
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Vietnamese:
ống kính zoom
— lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed