golden section
1golden section — noun the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long) • Syn: ↑golden mean • Hypernyms: ↑proportion * * * ˌgolden ˈsection 7 [golden section …
2Golden section search — The golden section search is a technique for finding the extremum (minimum or maximum) of a unimodal function by successively narrowing the range of values inside which the extremum is known to exist. The technique derives its name from the fact… …
3Golden Section (album) — Infobox Album Name = Golden Section Type = studio Artist = System 7 Released = July 1997 UK September 1997 North America June 1998 Japan May 2000 UK re release Recorded = 1997 Genre = Ambient Dance Electronica Length = 78:34 Label = Butterfly/Big …
4golden section — Fine Arts, Math. a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000. Also called golden… …
5golden section — noun Date: 1875 a proportion (as one involving a line divided into two segments or the length and width of a rectangle and their sum) in which the ratio of the whole to the larger part is the same as the ratio of the larger part to the smaller …
6golden section — noun 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 …
7Golden section — Золотое сечение …
8golden section — noun the division of a line so that the whole is to the greater part as that part is to the smaller part (i.e. in a ratio of 1 to 1/2 (√5 + 1)), a proportion which is considered to be particularly pleasing to the eye …
9golden section — gold′en sec′tion n. math. fia a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greateras the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000 …
10golden section — /goʊldən ˈsɛkʃən/ (say gohlduhn sekshuhn) noun the division of a line so that the shorter segment is to the longer as the longer is to the whole, roughly a ratio of three to five; regarded as an ideal division …
