zoom lens

Definitions

General English

• noun a camera lens which allows you to change quickly from distant to close-up shots while still keeping in focus

Electronics

• A lens whose focal length can be varied, so as to change the size of an image. Such a lens enables such transitions to occur without defocusing. Also called zoom (2).

Media Studies

• noun a lens that can be adjusted to have a longer or shorter focal length.

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Contexts for “zoom lens”

3 definitions in context
• General English
• Electronics
• Media Studies