English Explanatory Dictionary

overview effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

overview effect overview effects

Etymology

Coined by writer Frank White to describe the experience of astronauts when they see the Earth from space.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on O Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary