GOLDEN MEAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The middle between extremes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

moderateness; moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

golden mean; golden section

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

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

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