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zoom lens

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a device in a camera, or that can be connected to a camera, that can make the thing being photographed appear nearerPhotography
(Definition of zoom lens noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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