HyperDic: golden_section

English > 1 sense of the expression golden section:
NOUNrelationgolden section, golden meanthe proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short
English > golden section: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
MeaningThe proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long).
Synonymgolden mean
BroaderproportionThe quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole / whole

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