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Opalescence vs Zoom - What's the difference?

opalescence | zoom |

As nouns the difference between opalescence and zoom

is that opalescence is the state of being opalescent while zoom is zoom, augmentation of a view as with a camera lens.

opalescence

English

Noun

  • the state of being opalescent
  • (physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index
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    zoom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a humming noise from something moving very fast
  • a quick ascent
  • a big increase
  • an augmentation of a view as with a lens
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to move fast with a humming noise
  • to fly an airplane straight up
  • to move rapidly
  • to go up sharply
  • prices zoomed
  • to change the focal length of a zoom lens
  • (used with in]] or [[zoom out, out ) to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
  • Derived terms

    * zoom in * zoom lens * zoom out * zoomy

    Descendants

    * Dutch: (l) * German: (l)

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