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Golden Section

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Noun

1. golden mean, golden section

the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Golden Section

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noun
the proportion of the two divisions of a straight line or the two dimensions of a plane figure such that the smaller is to the larger as the larger is to the sum of the two. If the sides of a rectangle are in this proportion and a square is constructed internally on the shorter side, the rectangle that remains will also have sides in the same proportion
Compare golden ratio

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Golden Section

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n.
A ratio, observed especially in the fine arts, between the two dimensions of a plane figure or the two divisions of a line such that the smaller is to the larger as the larger is to the sum of the two, a ratio of roughly three to five. Also called golden ratio.

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