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This is the principle or organization, where the the overall device is able to do things that the components would not be able to achieve by themselves.
A human is such, as is a watch or a motor car.
A human has many sub-components, brain, skeleton, liver, blood and so on, each of which contributes to the total ability.
A bulldozer has a main motor, an efficient propulsion system, various hydraulic and electrical systems and so on. All of which make the whole machine very effective.
This applies in social organizations such as a business or a church or a sports club as well.
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Did Aristotle quote the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
Close. "The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
The sum is greater than the parts it is made of?
Shouldn't be...
What word describes the phrase greater than the sum of its parts?
Synergy.
Are characteristics of an entire system that are greater than the sum of its parts?
emergent properties
What is the word that means the sum of parts is greater than whole?
Synergy, possibly.
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