Used mainly for camera, lens, image, and screen enlargement or reduction functions, especially in compounds such as ズーム機能 and 光学ズーム.
ズーム機能を使って、遠くの看板を撮った。
I used the zoom function to photograph a distant sign.
This camera can zoom in to take a close-up photo of a distant bird.
このカメラは光学ズームがきれいだ。
This camera has a clear optical zoom.
望遠レンズのズームを使って月を大きく写した。
I used the telephoto lens's zoom to take a large photo of the moon.
The instructor zoomed in on the diagram on the slide to explain it in detail.
zooming in; close-up
zooming out
zoom box
A katakana technical term. No language of origin is specified, so the exact borrowing history is not stated here.