/geuh shtahlt", -shtawlt", -stahlt", -stawlt"/ , n. , pl. gestalts, gestalten /-shtahl"tn, -shtawl"-, -stahl"-, -stawl"-/ . ( sometimes cap. ) Psychol.
1. a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
2. an instance or example of such a unified whole.
[ 1920-25; ]