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.
It looks more like the old video game character Pac-Man. When you view the triangle as a whole, it turns the Pac-Man shape into a white corner over a black dot. This is the type of phenomenon Koffka was talking about when he said the whole is other than the sum of the parts. The whole (in this case, the gestalt or form of the triangle) influences your interpretation of the parts.