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232 months ago

MSERESHTI (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	THE TOTAL IS OFTEN GREATER THA
Context:	THE TOTAL IS OFTEN GREATER THA
Keywords:	TOTAL

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232 months ago

alfredo wrote:

Union is strenght

My comment:

In a not serious technical scenario.

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232 months ago

alfredo wrote:

The whole is often greater than the sum of its parts.

My references:

References multiples et variées, le mot important ici est "whole" qui est utilisé dans cette expression idiomatique.

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232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Yes, that's correct.r

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232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

It may not make sense in mathematics, but surely in phsychology and philosophy.

232 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

synergy

My comment:

.......in other words.

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232 months ago

Jennifer White wrote:

the whole has attributes specific to its organizational structure, is different from the sum of its separaate parts, and therefore a study of the component parts does not give complete understanding of the whole

My comment:

You say this is a technical/engineering concepts, but it is one of the primary tents of Gestalt Psychology, which my answer is based upon.

My references:

links.jstor.org/sici?sici=002-2429(195601)20?3A3%3C248703AAAOPLT%3E2.0.CO%3B2Y

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232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

"primary tenets of Gestalt Psychology" Sorry about the typos.

232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

In Gestalt Psychology this is expressed as "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."