zoom in
phrasal verb
zoomed in; zooming in; zooms in
: (of a person) to adjust the lens of a camera or (of a camera) to adjust its lens so that the image seems to be bigger and closer
—often + on
I zoomed in on her face to show her reaction.
The TV cameras zoomed in on the winner's face.
—often used figurativelyWe're trying to zoom in on the cause of these problems before they get worse.
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For decades, physicists have been trying to escape clock-contaminating noise by zooming in even further, past an atom’s outer electron shells and into the far smaller, more tightly wound atomic nucleus.
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
The memes that came out after the fact was the sheer zooming in on detail that Cerny had to do in the presentation to see small background differences like the sharpness of cars in the background of a Spider-Man scene or the far-away crowd in a Ratchet and Clank scene.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The button will be able to open the Camera app, zoom in and out, and bring the camera into focus before taking a picture.
—Jonathan Limehouse, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2024
Swiping right and left can zoom in and out, it’s thought.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024
The memes that came out after the fact was the sheer zooming in on detail that Cerny had to do in the presentation to see small background differences like the sharpness of cars in the background of a Spider-Man scene or the far-away crowd in a Ratchet and Clank scene.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The button will be able to open the Camera app, zoom in and out, and bring the camera into focus before taking a picture.
—Jonathan Limehouse, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2024
Swiping right and left can zoom in and out, it’s thought.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Zoom in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom%20in. Accessed 18 Sep. 2024.
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