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overview effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
overview -ef-fect
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transcendental change of perception when one can view the Earth, or any other planetary object, within the universal context.

Etymology

Coined by Frank White in the 1980s, author of the 1987 book The Overview Effect — Space Exploration and Human Evolution, to describe the experience of astronauts when they see Earth from space. The first public use of the term was in a poster at a Space Studies Institute meeting in 1985.

Inflected Forms

overview effects (plural)

Questions

What does overview effect mean?
The transcendental change of perception when one can view the Earth, or any other planetary object, within the universal context.
Where does overview effect come from?
Coined by Frank White in the 1980s, author of the 1987 book The Overview Effect — Space Exploration and Human Evolution, to describe the experience of astronauts when they see Earth from space. The first public use of the term was in a poster at a Space Studies Institute meeting in 1985.

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