golden section

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgolden mean

   Broaderproportion

Questions about golden section

What does golden section mean?

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

What is another word for golden section?

Close synonyms include golden mean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is golden section a common word?

golden section is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.