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: zoomlinse c, zoomobjektiv n, transfokallinse c
• Faroese: fjarlinsa f, telelinsa f
• Finnish: zoom-objektiivi
• French: zoom (fr) m, objectif à focale variable m
• German: Zoomobjektiv (de) n
• Hungarian: zoomobjektív (hu)
• Icelandic: aðdráttarlinsa (is) f
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• Japanese: ズームレンズ (zūmu-renzu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse m or f, zoom (no)

  Nynorsk: zoomobjektiv n, zoomlinse f, zoom

• Portuguese: zoom (pt) m, zum (pt) m
• Swedish: zoomobjektiv (sv) n

See also

• normal lens
• prime lens
• telephoto lens
• wide-angle lens