zoom out

English

Etymology

From zoom +‎ out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊt

Verb

zoom out (third-person singular simple present zooms out, present participle zooming out, simple past and past participle zoomed out)

1. (intransitive) To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
2. (intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.

Antonyms

• zoom in

Translations

focus a zoom lens

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縮小 / 缩小 (zh) (suōxiǎo)

• Estonian: vähendama (et)
• Finnish: loitontaa (kuva)
• French: dézoomer (fr)
• Japanese: ズームアウトする (zūmuauto suru), 縮小する (ja) (shukushō suru)
• Korean: 줌 아웃하다 (jum authada), 축소(縮小)하다 (ko) (chuksohada)
• Spanish: desumear
• Swedish: zooma ut (sv)
• Ukrainian: віддалити (viddalyty)

manipulate a display so as to make it smaller

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 縮小 / 缩小 (zh) (suōxiǎo)

• Estonian: vähendama (et)
• Finnish: pienentää (näyttöä)
• French: dézoomer (fr)
• Japanese: 縮小する (ja) (shukushō suru)
• Korean: 축소(縮小)하다 (ko) (chuksohada)
• Spanish: alejar (es), achicar (es)
• Swedish: zooma ut (sv)
• Vietnamese: thu nho