zoom in

verb

1. intr, adverb photog films television to increase rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens
2. to examine the smallest details of a subject

Example Sentences

Optogenetics enables researchers to zoom in on discrete sets of neurons.

From Science Daily

“I always felt that with Rita, or with any of the principals, you were just zooming in on one aspect of life in London at that moment, of which there were millions of versions.”

From Los Angeles Times

An NTD.com cameraman then zoomed in on sections of empty seats as people left the already sparsely populated stadium.

From Salon

As rescuers slowly zoomed in, reluctant to scare her away, people around the world began to delight in the coverage of her escapades.

From BBC

You can then zoom in or out to change the start and end dates.

From Los Angeles Times

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