Full Definition of SITE. 1. a: the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments) b: a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building. 2.
The Whole is Other than the Sum of the Parts When the perceptual system forms a percept or gestalt, the whole thing has a reality of its own, independent of the parts. The Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka made a famous statement about this: The whole is other than the sum of its parts. This statement is often translated to English as, The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
An old saying, The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, expresses the basic meaning of synergy. The word is sometimes used in a purely physical sense, especially when talking about drugs; sometimes a cocktail of drugs may be more effective than the sum of the effectiveness of each of the separate drugs.