Remember to try not to misinterpret what I'm saying based on applying it in a limited scope — I'm not saying that each object must exist for all time, so I'm not saying that we must assume the universe existed for all time any more than a particular apple tree must have existed for all time — I'm talking about the dynamic of the greatest / whole object of existence whatever that may happen to be. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The visual system has an obsessive desire to make whole objects from fragmentary evidence — such as a lion largely obscured by leaves and shadows. (scientificamerican.com)
In an imaging system, the entire picture or document is treated as one whole object. (inc.com)