The Emergence Machine

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Zoom emerges from the integration of focal length, a measure of the distance from a camera lens to its focal point, determining the field of view and perspective, which is influenced by the properties of space and matter, and the lens, a fundamental component that requires time, and the concept of change, a transformation of state or condition from one to another, driven by energy and occurring over a sequence of events.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “zoom” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “zoom”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
zoom
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0ZoomFocal LengthLensCinemaFilm… intermediate l…ForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesZoomL14CinemaL12Focal LengthL13LensL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first
  • Focal Length L13 (requires)
    A camera effect where the focal length of the lens changes, making the subject appear to move closer or farther.
  • Lens L13 (requires)
    A lens is a fundamental component in understanding the concept of zoom.