GOLDEN SECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golden section mean? 

• GOLDEN SECTION (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN SECTION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GOLDEN SECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDEN SECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

golden mean; golden section

Hypernyms ("golden section" is a kind of...):

proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)