[zoom] 
,| 1. | to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway. |
| 2. | to fly an airplane suddenly and sharply upward at great speed for a short distance, as in regaining altitude, clearing an obstacle, or signaling. |
| 3. | Movies, Television. to bring a subject, scene, etc., into closeup or cause it to recede into a long shot using a zoom lens and while maintaining focus. |
| 4. | Informal. to increase or rise suddenly and sharply: Rents would zoom without rent control laws. |
| 5. | to cause (an airplane) to zoom. |
| 6. | to fly over (an obstacle) by zooming. |
| 7. | the act or process of zooming. |
| 8. | a zooming sound. |
| 9. | Informal. zoom lens. |
| 10. | Also called zoom shot. Movies, Television. a shot in which a subject, scene, or action is brought closer or made to recede by the use of a zoom lens. |
| 11. | zoom in (on),
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| zoom (zōōm) v. zoomed, zoom·ing, zooms v. intr.
To cause to zoom. n.
[Imitative.] |
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zoom graphics
To show a smaller area of an image at a higher magnification ("zoom in") or a larger area at a lower magnification ("zoom out"), as though using a zoom lense on a camera.
Unlike in an optical system, zooming in on a computer image does not necessarily increase the amount of detail displayed since this is limited by what is actually stored in the image. Similarly, you cannot zoom out beyond the full size of the image.
(1997-10-24)