gəˈs(h)tält, -tȯlt noun
( plural gestalts -lts ; also gestalt·en -lt ə n)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: German, shape, form, from Middle High German, appearance, nature, back-formation from ungestalt misshapen figure, from ungestalt ugly, from Old High German, from un- un- (I) + gestalt, past participle of stellen to place, set up, shape — more at stall
1. : a structure or configuration of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with properties not derivable from its parts in summation
2. : the pattern or figure assumed by a gestalt structure or system