zoom lens

zoom lens

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zu(ː)m lɛnz/

Noun

zoom lens (plural zoom lenses)

1. (photography) A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.

Translations

lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed

Danish: zoom-linse, gummilinse, transfokallinse Finnish: zoom-objektiivi Hungarian: zoom objektív Japanese: ズームレンズ (zūmu-renzu)

Norwegian: Bokmål: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse m or f Nynorsk: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse f Portuguese: zoom (pt) m, zum (pt) m

See also

• normal lens
• telephoto lens
• wide-angle lens