to zoom

Definition of to zoom in English English dictionary: to go up sharply
prices zoomed.; a big increase; to move fast with a humming noise; to change the focal length of a zoom lens; a humming noise from something moving very fast; to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it; an augmentation of a view as with a lens; In a user interface, to progressively increase or decrease the size of a part of an image on a screen or in a window; The process of proportionately enlarging or reducing an image displayed on a computer monitor; An integrated software command that expands a window to fill the entire screen; A viewing option available from the main graphic user interface that allows the user the chance to zoom into or out of an image, depending on the requirement Users may also zoom to a specific selection - they must "rubber band" an area to zoom into, and choose "zoom to selection" to zoom in on the area they've have defined Icons are included to zoom in or out of a displayed TIFF image, as well as zoom to selection; the act of rising upward into the air; a quick ascent; a rapid rise; to fly an airplane straight up; to go up sharply, as in prices zoomed; If prices or sales zoom, they increase greatly in a very short time. The economy shrank and inflation zoomed = soar; to focus on an object using a zoom lens so that the object's apparent distance from the observer changes -- often used with in or out; rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes"; A procedure for changing the effective magnification of an image display by averaging, interpolating, or simply replicating, the intensities of adjacent pixels; Enlarging or reducing the size of a displayed area or window; to move rapidly; move along very quickly; To magnify the image on a monitor screen-- especially useful when editing notes in Standard MIDI files; A technique used to examine a portion of an image in greater detail; The process of magnifying of the display of an image in a window to more closely inspect areas of a drawing; With zoom, you can enlarge the Lowrance sonar or GPS map display for a closer look at small detail and fish target signals In the sonar automatic zoom mode, the bottom is constantly tracked and displayed in the lower portion of the screen (also called "zoom bottom track") In the manual zoom mode, you can create a zoom "window" of any size, and move it anywhere up or down in the sonar water column it doesn't remain locked on to display the bottom; A telephoto (zoom) lens lets you adjust how close or how far a subject appears in your picture Most digital cameras have two types of zoom capabilities: optical and digital In optical zoom mode the camera uses motorized lenses that move back and forth to bring the subject closer or farther away In digital zoom mode the camera takes a part of the picture the lens captures, enlarges it and throws away the rest If you digitally zoom with a 1-megapixel camera, you'll get photos that have less then 1-megapixel of resolution (sometimes even half as much) Digital zoom is a fancy term for standard cropping; The zoom function can be used to reduce or increase the size of your diagrams; Electronically or optically enlarging or reducing the size of an image; To enlarge and display greater detail of a portion of a geographic data set; A software option that allows users to expand the size of a display window, thereby revealing more detailed graphics images or written information on-screen; move along very quickly move with a low humming noise; A software or hardware function that allows for the display of progressively smaller (zoom in) or larger (zoom out) areas of an image on an interactive display device; Ability to enlarge or reduce the image of a map (or other figure) presented on a CRT display Often the terms "zoom in" and "zoom out" are used to mean "make larger" and "make smaller"; move with a low humming noise; {i} moving speedily; moving with a low buzzing sound; buzzing sound; climbing at a sharp incline; camera lens enabling variation of image size; enlargement of a computer screen image simulating change in proximity; Expanding an image within the frame by bringing the subject into closeup; vb To enlarge a selected portion of a graphical image or document to fill a window or the screen Zooming is a feature of many programs, including drawing, word processing, and spreadsheet programs, that allow the user to select a small part of the screen, zoom it, and make changes to the enlarged portion at a finer level of detail See also window; A capability for proportionately enlarging or reducing the scale of a figure or maps displayed on a CRT; The HyperChem function that magnifies or reduces the size of the molecular system in the workspace; A camera technique with a special lens to adjust the depth of a shot, accomplished without moving the camera; If you zoom somewhere, you go there very quickly. We zoomed through the gallery = speed; The feature of a system which varies the size of the screen display of a publication These setting between 400% (4 times actual size) and 10% (a tenth of actual size); {f} pass by suddenly with a humming sound; rise suddenly; use a zoom lens (e.g. in photography); A zoom is the same as a zoom lens. a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast

to zoom

Turkish pronunciation

tı zum

Pronunciation

/tə ˈzo͞om/ /tə ˈzuːm/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.