focus · attention
Ask Prometheusthe part of a thing that is at its center
Focus (noun) means: the part of a thing that is at its center. It emerges from part, center: the part that is at the center of a thing becomes the point that draws attention. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Hubble Space Telescope kept its mirror aligned to within nanometers despite temperature swings in low Earth orbit. engineering
- Neurons in the visual cortex fire most intensely when a person looks directly at the center of a scene. biology
- During the 2020 U.S. election, media coverage concentrated on Pennsylvania, ignoring shifts in New Mexico. institutions
Emergence
through: the part that is at the center of a thing becomes the point that draws attention
- central point of interest
- point of attention
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (17 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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Relations
| is-a | center.location | focus is a kind of center |
| abstracts | part.relation | focus abstracts a part |