pulsate , scrim, zoom, zoom in/out

'The Age of Wonder'

By RICHARD HOLMES
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BENFEY

The twin energies of scientific curiosity and poetic invention pulsate through this study of the Romantic generation’s “second scientific revolution.”

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The opening scene is a vast cartoon, projected on a scrim, with viewers zooming past clouds and mountain peaks to an egg, which falls, bursts and gives birth to Monkey. The scrim goes up, and the cartoon dissolves into a stage full of flipping acrobats, a monkey tribe flying from bamboo pole to bamboo pole. The score pulsates with an electronic beat.

Main Entry:

scrim

Pronunciation:

\ˈskrim\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

origin unknown

Date:

1792

1 : a durable plain-woven usually cotton fabric for use in clothing, curtains, building, and industry 2 : a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted 3 : something likened to a theater scrim

━━ n. 目の粗い綿［麻］布 ((窓掛用)); 〔米〕 その垂れ幕 ((舞台装置用)).

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zoom in/out phrasal verb
to (cause a camera or computer to) make the image of something or someone appear much larger and nearer, or much smaller and further away:
At the beginning of the film, the camera zooms in to show two people sitting by the side of a river.
Click on a photo of any student, and it zooms out to full-size.
Television cameras zoomed in on the fans fighting in the stands.

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verb INFORMAL
1 [I + adverb or preposition] to move very quickly:
They got into the car and zoomed off.
In the last few metres of the race, she suddenly zoomed ahead.

2 [I] If prices or sales zoom, they increase suddenly and quickly:
House prices suddenly zoomed last year.

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zoom in on sth phrasal verb INFORMAL
to notice and give special attention to something:
Henry immediately zoomed in on the weakest part of my argument.




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verb [I]
to beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm:
The whole room was pulsating with music.

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adjective
very lively and exciting:
Rue St. Denis is the pulsating heart of French street life in Montreal.