Definition von golden section im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
the division of a whole into two parts such that the ratio of the smaller part to the larger is equal to the ratio of the larger part to the whole
the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long : : long : (short + long)
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
Numerical proportion considered to be an aesthetic ideal in classical design. It refers to the ratio of the base to the height of a rectangle or to the division of a line segment into two in such a way that the ratio of the shorter part to the longer is equal to that of the longer to the whole. It works out to about 1.61803: 1. A rectangle constructed from golden sections (segments in this ratio) is called a golden rectangle