"sum of its parts" meaning in English

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          "text": "Together, the ant colony was greater than the sum of its parts.",
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          "text": "The whole is different from the sum of its parts.",
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        "A group which can be seen as a mere juxtaposition of the elements that compose it; a collection of things where there is no new property or added value that emerges from the interactions between its parts."
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          "juxtaposition"
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          "element",
          "element"
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          "compose",
          "compose"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
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          "added value",
          "added value"
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          "interaction",
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          "word": "compositional"
        },
        {
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          "word": "emergence"
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          "word": "sum of parts"
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          "word": "a részek/részei(nek) összege/összessége/együttese"
        },
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          "note": "az alkotórészek/alkotórészei(nek)/alkotóelemek/alkotóelemei(nek) összege/összessége/együttese",
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      "word": "synergistic"
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          "element",
          "element"
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          "property",
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          "added value",
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          "interaction",
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      "word": "sum of parts"
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