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Definition of Zoom
1. Verb. Move along very quickly.
2. Noun. A rapid rise.
3. Verb. Move with a low humming noise.
4. Noun. The act of rising upward into the air.
Generic synonyms: Ascending, Ascension, Ascent, Rise
Derivative terms: Soar, Soar
5. Verb. Rise rapidly. "The dollar soared against the yen"
Generic synonyms: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Specialized synonyms: Billow, Wallow
Derivative terms: Surge
Definition of Zoom
1. Noun. a humming noise from something moving very fast ¹
2. Noun. a quick ascent ¹
3. Noun. a big increase ¹
4. Noun. an augmentation of a view as with a lens ¹
5. Verb. to move fast with a humming noise ¹
6. Verb. to fly an airplane straight up ¹
7. Verb. to move rapidly ¹
8. Verb. to go up sharply ¹
9. Verb. to change the focal length of a zoom lens ¹
10. Verb. (''used with in or out'') to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Zoom
1. to move with a loud humming sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Zoom
1. The action of a varifocal lens system in a camera or microscope that maintains an object in focus while approaching it or receding from it; this effect may be obtained by moving two or more of the lens components at rates bearing a linear relation to one another. (05 Mar 2000)