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Golden section (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Golden section
Used for/see from:
  • Divine proportion (Mathematics)
  • Divine section (Mathematics)
  • Extreme and mean ratio
  • Golden mean (Mathematics)
  • Golden number (Ratio)
  • Golden cut
  • Golden proportion
  • Golden ratio
  • Mean of Phidias
  • Medial section
  • Phi ratio
  • Phidias, Mean of
See also:

A geometric analysis of the platonic solids and other semi-regular polyhedra : with an introduction to the phi ratio, 2007.

Encyc. Americana (golden section: a geometric proportion of ancient origin)

Wikipedia, Jan. 11, 2007 (Other names frequently used for or closely related to the golden ratio are golden section (Latin: sectio aurea), golden mean, golden number, and the Greek letter phi. Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio, medial section, divine proportion (Italian: proporzione divina), divine section (Latin: sectio divina), golden proportion, golden cut, and mean of Phidias)

Dictionary.com WWW site, Feb. 11, 2009 (golden ratio; also called: golden section, golden number)

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