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noun

Synergy n.

Combined action; especially (Med.), The combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy.

An effect of the interaction of the actions of two agents such that the result of the combined action is greater than expected as a simple additive combination of the two agents acting separately; also called synergism.. Opposite to antagonism.

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Etymology of 'Synergy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Synergy" Quotes from Famous Books

... action and intention. When we walk, one foot does not go forward and the other backward, nor, when we look, if we are normal, does one eye look towards the north and the other towards the south. In each moment of our life we entertain some purpose, and to this purpose the synergy of our actions is directed. Notwithstanding the next moment we may change our purpose. And in a certain sense a man is so much the more a man the more unitary his action. Some there are who throughout their whole life follow but one single purpose, ...

— Tragic Sense Of Life • Miguel de Unamuno

Words linked to "Synergy" : synergism, activity, action, synergetic, potentiation