Definitions

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  • adjective computing, graphical user interface Supporting a zoom (magnification) facility.

Etymologies

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zoom +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Hit pause and the zoom icon, and click on the Vermeer painting, which is highlighted with a "zoomable" color (as are some other objects in the scene).

    Google Blogoscoped Philipp Lenssen 2010

  • You can now view the paintings of the Desperate Romantics in a brand new way, because we've taken the most important ones from the drama and made them 'zoomable'!

    BBC (UK) Homepage main promotional content 2009

  • The infinitely zoomable paper could provide an intuitive unifying tool to bring all these different types of object together in one place, to be managed as a set.

    2010 January | Serendipity 2010

  • I hadn't noticed any street view (panoramic and zoomable photos at street level) for Google Earth, only for Google Maps, on the web.

    Google Earth Street View for Guadalajara 2009

  • Cell Size and Scale is a zoomable tool that compares the size of a things like a coffee bean, red blood cell, and a carbon atom.

    Monster fruit bento (link roundup) 2009

  • The infinitely zoomable paper could provide an intuitive unifying tool to bring all these different types of object together in one place, to be managed as a set.

    2010 January 25 | Serendipity 2010

  • I hadn't noticed any street view (panoramic and zoomable photos at street level) for Google Earth, only for Google Maps, on the web.

    Google Earth Street View for Guadalajara 2009

  • I hadn't noticed any street view (panoramic and zoomable photos at street level) for Google Earth, only for Google Maps, on the web.

    Google Earth Street View for Guadalajara 2009

  • The infinitely zoomable paper could provide an intuitive unifying tool to bring all these different types of object together in one place, to be managed as a set.

    Exploiting Spatial Memory: Code Canvas | Serendipity 2010

  • Google News Timeline - a new feature on Google Labs that organizes many different types of search results on a zoomable, graphical timeline.

    Google News Timeline 2009

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