zoom
Bedeutung (English)
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- A humming noise from something moving very fast.
- A quick ascent.
- A big increase.
- An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.
Konzepte
Gummilinse
Steilflug
Varioobjektiv
brummendes Geräusch
maßstabieren
Grummeln
plötzlicher Anstieg
Synonyms
soar upwards
rapid growth
rapid climb
whizz along
zoom along
soar up
speed-up
rush violently
sudden rise
steep climb
travel rapidly
to cause to zoom
image enlargement
increase of speed
speed increase
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/zuːm/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
Uncertain. The verb was attested in 1892, noun in 1918 and interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).
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