golden ratio

noun

mathematics
: a ratio of two numbers in which the ratio of the sum to the larger number is the same as the ratio of the larger number to the smaller : golden section

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As for what’s most desirable, proponents of the golden ratio insist on a divine proportion. Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 16 June 2025 Some commentators claim that Leonardo positioned the navel to divide the man’s height according to the golden ratio. Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 16 June 2025 The sequence is closely associated with the golden ratio, a mathematical relationship that is closely linked with compositions across nature and art. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025 Almost—the Cybertruck somehow manages to look worse in real life than in pictures; the confluence of angles where its various steel body panels fit together somehow serves to prove the exception to the rule that is the golden ratio. Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for golden ratio

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First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of golden ratio was in 1888

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“Golden ratio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20ratio. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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